Russian International Studies Association

Russian International Studies Association

Sections of the XI RISA Convention

If you would like to organize or moderate a section or a conference, please, submit your proposals on the subject and the composition of participants via e-mail: risa@inno.mgimo.ru.

Important dates of the 11th RISA Convention:
4 September — deadline for the abstracts and texts of reports and articles 
15 September — publication of the list of participants and reports on the RISA website
24 September — deadline for online registration on the RISA website (obligatory for all participants)
28-29 September — XI RISA Convention

All submitted abstracts and manuscripts are assessed in accordance with the peer-review procedure (Reviewing rules).

Conference «Russia and ASEAN in the Asia-Pacific Region: dynamic of cooperation, regional processes and global context
(devoted to the 50th anniversary of ASEAN)» (September 29)
Contacts: e.koldunova@inno.mgimo.ru (Ekaterina Koldunova; please put «RISA – Russia and ASEAN in the Asia-Pacific Region: dynamic of cooperation, regional processes and global context» in the subject of the letter)

Special session of the International Discussion club «Valdai»
«Eurasionism of the XXI century: intellectual tradition on the service of modern development» (September 29)
Moderator: Fyodor Lukianov. Contacts: y.barmin@valdaiclub.com

Block 1. De revolutio et transformatio

Section №1. Great revolutions in the history of international relations. On the occasion of centenary of the February and October revolutions of 1917 in Russia.
Moderator: Alexander Revyakin
Contacts: a.reviakin@mail.ru

Section №2. Revolution and continuity in the international system
Moderator: Tatyana Shakleina
Contacts: shakleina-tania@yandex.ru 

Section №3. The phenomenon of revolution in terms of historical continuum and geopolitical space
Moderator: Elena Ponomareva
Contacts: nastya304@mail.ru

Section №4. Intercultural communication: culture and revolution
Moderator: Margarita Silantyeva
Contacts: mk.rami2017@gmail.com

Section №5. Modern world in the process of political transformation
Moderator: Marina Lebedeva
Contacts: mmlebedeva@gmail.com 

Section №6. Latin America: revolutions of the 20th century
Moderator: Liudmila Okuneva (in cooperation with the Institute of Latin American Studies of the RAS)
Contacts: liudmila31@yandex.ru

Section №7. Oriental countries: the century of great transformations
Moderator: Dmitry Streltsov; Victoria Panova (together with the Far Eastern Federal University)
Contacts: dmstrl@gmail.com

Section №8. The Great October Socialist Revolution and international law: doctrinal assessments
Moderator: Alexander Vylegzhanin
Contacts: ilc48@mail.ru, Vylegjanin@mgimo.ru

Section №9. The Caucuses in the context of world politics: an insight through the century
Moderator: Vadim Mukhanov
Contacts: caucas@inno.mgimo.ru

Section №10. Revolution and the problem of political identity of contemporary Russia
Moderator: Alla Glinchikova
Contacts: alla.glinchikova@gmail.com

Section №11. Diplomatic and temporary capital cities at the times of revolutions and wars
Moderator: Igor Okunev
Contacts: iokunev@mgimo.ru

Section №12. The image of social justice and the revolution: 100 years of world history
Moderator: Marina Mchedlova (RUDN University)
Contacts: mchedlova@yandex.ru

Section №13. Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th century: sociopolitical and economic transformations
Moderators: Svetlana Glinkina, Artem Malgin, Anjey Gabarta
Contacts: a.habarta@inno.mgimo.ru

Section №14. Ukraine and the revolutions of early XX and XXI centuries: society, history, culture
Moderator: Galina Lesnaya (together with the Russian Association of Ukrainianists)
Contacts: glesnaya@mail.ru

Section №15. Language and mass consciousness in the periods of radical sociopolitical transformations: modern interpretations of the problem in the framework of linguistic and interdisciplinary studies
Moderator: Natalia Ches
Contacts: natches@yandex.ru

Section №16. Dialectics of the evolutionary and the revolutionary in the transformation of sociocultural forms: international experience of elaborating of educational politics
Moderator: Elena Voevoda
Contacts: elenavoevoda@yandex.ru

Section №17. East – West: revolutions and traditions (section of the Institute of Europe of RAS)
Moderators: Roman Lunkin, Ekaterina Timoshenkova
Contacts: annaivanova-msu@ya.ru

Round table «Revolution and personality»
Moderator: Elena F. Ovcharenko
Contacts: felicella@inbox.ru

Block 2. De imperio

Section №1. From empire to integration and the rule of law
Moderator: Mark Entin
Contacts: kafedra-ide@mgimo.ru, entin-mark@mgimo.ru

Section №2. Post-empires: theoretical perspective
Moderator: Tatyana Alekseeva
Contacts: political.theory@mgimo.ru, ataleks@mail.ru

Section №3. The European Union as a “soft” empire
Moderator: Nikolay Kaveshnikov
Contacts: europa@mgimo.ru; nikandrrr@mail.ru

Section №4. China, Germany and Russia: “imperial heritage” in modern external economic expansion
Moderator: Alexey Kuznetsov (Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the RAS)
Contacts: kuznetsov@imemo.ru

Section №5. Spain: historical heritage and modern developments
Moderator: Sergey Henkin
Contacts: sergkhenkin@mail.ru 

Section №6. Baltic Region ab imperio (1917-2017)
Moderator: Vladislav Vorotnikov
Contacts: vorotnikov.vladislav@gmail.com 

Section №7. Political media discourse as a reflection of post-empire transformation
Moderator: Marina Zheltukhina
Contacts: zzmr@mail.ru

Section №8. Sanctioned states in the context of global imperialism (working language – Russian and English (preferred))
Moderator: Ksenia Kirkham (King’s College London)
Contacts: ksenia.kirkham@kcl.ac.uk

Section №9. “Imperia complex” in the media mindset: pro e contra
Moderators: Yaroslav Skvortsov, Nigyar Masumova
Contacts: y.skvortsov@inno.mgimo.ru (please copy to masumova@mail.ru)

Section №10. The Crimea in the system of international relations: the heritage of empires, revolutions and generations
Moderators: Georgy Muradov, Tatiana Senushkina (V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University)
Contacts: tsenyushkina@yandex.com

Section №11. Current political problems of post-empire societies: ethnocultural context
Moderator: Oxana G. Haritonova
Contacts: o.haritonova@inno.mgimo.ru

Section №12. Post-empires in the post-revolutionary epoque: comparative dimensions (special section of the Russian political science association (RPSA))
Moderator: Oxana V. Gaman-Golutvina
Contacts: ogaman@mail.ru

Section №13. Post-Soviet period and new government principles in modern Russia
Moderators: Sergey Kamolov, Mikhail Mastushkin
Contacts: mastushkin@rambler.ru

Block 3. World economy and international economic relations

Section №1. Dialectics of development of world and regional economy: economic and non-economic factors
Moderators: Alexander Bulatov; Anton Oleinov
Contacts: mirec@mgimo.ru (please put «RISA – Dialectics of development of world and regional economy: economic and non-economic factors» in the subject of the letter)

Section №2. Dialectics of development of national economy: economic and non-economic factors
Moderators: Natalya Galishcheva, Nigyar Masumova
Contacts: mirec@mgimo.ru (please put «RISA – Dialectics of development of national economy: economic and non-economic factors» in the subject of the letter)

Section №3. International migration in the era of globalization: theory and practice
Moderator: Dmitry Ivanov
Contacts: prof.ivanovdv@gmail.com

Section №4. Russia in the world energy industry in the 20th-21st centuries
Moderator: Valery Salygin
Contacts: miep@mgimo.ru, tel.: +7 (495) 434-92-27

Section №5. Sustainable development and economic growth in the context of global instability
Moderator: Irina Platonova
Contacts: ier@inno.mgimo.ru, irplato56@mail.ru

Section №6. Ecological agenda of world development: evolution, current state and prospects
Moderator: Ruslan Aliev
Contacts: ecology@inno.mgimo.ru (please cope to: jileyka90@gmail.com)

Section №7.International business in the XXI century: challenges and prospects
Moderator: Natalia Konina
Contacts: nkonina777@gmail.com (please put «RISA – International business in the XXI century: challenges and prospects» in the subject of the letter)

Section №8. International cooperation in the development of the system of economic information: historical continuity and current tasks
Moderator: Yulia Potanina
Contacts: j.potanina@inno.mgimo.ru

Section №9. International finances in the period of transformations
Moderators: Vladimir Milovidov, Vasily Tkachev
Contacts: tkachev_mgimo@mail.ru

Section №10. Theoretical and practical problems of structural and digital transformations in economy
Moderators: Mikhail I. Stolbov, Elena A. Brendeleva
Contacts: brendeleva@mail.ru

Block 4. Diplomacy, integration and conflicts

Section №1. International conflicts and change of political regimes
Moderator: Alexander Nikitin (in cooperation with Russian Pugwash Committee under the Presidium of the RAS)
Contacts: centercpis@gmail.com (please copy to: an@inno.mgimo.ru, sktse@mail.ru)

Section №2. Public diplomacy in the context of conflicts and crises
Moderators: Marina Lebedeva; Alexander Konkov (International think tank “Rethinking Russia”)
Contacts: konkov@rethinkingrussia.com 

Section №3. Transformationof armed conflicts in the Middle East
Moderators: Vladimir Morozov; Irina Zvyagelskaya (Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS)
Contacts: morozov_v_m@mgimo.ru

Section №4. Lobbying in the US foreign policy: ethnical and confessional interest groups and external influence
Moderator: Andrey Sushentsov
Contacts: asushentsov@foreignpolicy.ru

Section №5. Stable Balkans: a dream of generations
Moderator: Ekaterina Entina (Higher School of Economics, Institute of Europe of RAS)
Contacts: e.entina@hse.ru

Section №6. The role of diplomacy in resolving conflicts in modern times
Moderator: Olga Lebedeva
Contacts: o.lebedeva@mgimo.ru

Section №7. The role of public diplomacy in the formation of national image (special section of the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund)
Moderator: Anna Velikaya
Contacts: velikaya@gorchakovfund.ru

Section №8. Eurasian Union:from an integrational alternative to the status of a civilizational perspective
Moderators: Kirill Koktysh, Yaroslav Lisovolik
Contacts: kirill.koktysh@gmail.com

Section №9. Sports diplomacy:heritage and contemporary challenges
Moderator: Elena Ponomareva
Contacts: rudaya.mgimo@gmail.com

Section №10. Asymmetrical conflicts:new approaches to research
Moderators: Yulia Nikitina, Nikolay Silaev
Contacts: y.nikitina@inno.mgimo.ru

Section №11. Public diplomacy in Eurasian region
Moderator: Elena M. Kuzmina (Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations together with Saint Petersburg University and Saratov State University)
Contacts: lapenkomv@mail.ru (Marina Lapenko); manipolis@hotmail.com (Maria Lagutina)

Round table «Transregionalism and models of regional integration»
Moderator: Alexey Voskresensky; in cooperation with Hungary"s National University of Public Service
Contacts:e.koldunova@inno.mgimo.ru (Ekaterina Koldunova; please put «RISA – Transregionalism and models of regional integration» in the subject of the letter)

Block №5. Ad disputandum

Section №1. Modern technologies: challenges or opportunities for world politics?
Moderator: Mikhail Rykhtik (Lobachevsky University)
Contacts: mrykhtik@yandex.ru

Section №2. Legal aspect of the international relations: from “soft power” / “normative power” to the category of stress resilience
Moderator: Tatiana Romanova (St. Petersburg University)
Contacts: romanova@mail.sir.edu

Section №3. The Trump phenomenon and systemic crisis of American politics
Moderator: Andrei Korobkov (Middle Tennessee State University)
Contacts: Andrei.Korobkov@mtsu.edu

Section №4. Methods of reserach of global governance (special section of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC))
Moderator: Timur Mahmutov
Contacts: welcome@russiancouncil.ru

Section №5. Basic areas of development of international lobbism and GR-technologies in the early XXI century
Moderators: Andrey Degtyaryov, Oleg Rumyantsev
Contacts: polittheory@mail.ru

Round table «Will “soft power” be removed from the international agenda?»
Moderator: Pavel Parshin
Contacts: pparshin@mail.ru

Round table «Science and education: strategies of cooperation in cultural and civilizational development»
Moderator: Anatoly Belogurov
Contacts: belogurov@mail.ru