The experts assessed the level of competitive works and noted numerous offers for new areas of cooperation between the region and the countries of Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan), Transcaucasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan), Turkey, Iran, India.
Alina Barabina, a second-year student of the History Department of the Samara National Research University named after Sergey P. Korolev, won the contest. In her work she considered the prospects of international cooperation between the Samara region and the Indian state of Maharashtra. “I have long been fascinated by eastern countries, I am interested in their culture and economy,” says the winner. – In my opinion, in the current international environment, cooperation with the Maharashtra region would be beneficial for our province. This can be facilitated by convenient logistics, a fairly high level of economic development and education in the …
The competition has already become traditional and gives international students an opportunity to offer their vision of the Samara region external relations development. This year the focus is on friendly countries that are members of the EAEU, SCO and ASEAN. In addition to traditional contacts with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, the contestants suggested expanding contacts with Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran and India, which are either members of the SCO or dialogue partners of the organization. “Such a great diversity of works shows that students of the Samara region are not indifferent to the sphere of the Russian Federation subjects’ external relations development. For …
