Regional Centre for Development of Public Diplomacy and International Relations named after Yevgeniy M. Primakov

On April 19, 2024, the Primakov Center hosted an open lecture “At the Crossroads: Brazil in the face of BRICS expansion”, which was a bright conclusion to the “V Week of Russian Diplomacy”. The students were addressed by Professor of Political Science at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alerge, Brazil), coordinator of scientific research at the BRICS Political Center (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), member of the Valdai Club Fabiano Melnichuk. In his report, Fabiano Melnichuk stressed that if the original idea on which BRICS was based was the idea of mutual respect among the participants, then …

A meeting of the section “Problems and Prospects of Space Diplomacy” was held within the framework of the II Day of the “V Week of Russian Diplomacy”. The first speaker was Kira Tabunova , an expert at the ASEAN Center at the MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. The expert gave a lecture on the topic “Malaysia: the way to space”. A brief historical digression was conducted, the successes and prospects of Malaysia in the space sector were highlighted. It was mentioned that the country has adopted a national space policy until 2030, which is designed to stimulate the development …

On April 18, 2024, the Primakov Center hosted a master class from experts from the ASEAN Center at MGIMO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Kira Tabunova and Mikhail Stepanishchev on the topic “How to quickly and efficiently write an article for a young international student?” Kira Tabunova noted that an article written efficiently, quickly and cheaply is utopia:  “If you want to do a high-quality article, it will be long and expensive.”  Mikhail Stepanishchev spoke about the rules of working with news and digests. He listed 3 main criteria when working with news: relevance, reliability, conciseness. The …

The first section devoted to the problems of security and legal regulation of outer space was opened by the speech of Olga Selivanova, Head of the Archive Acquisition Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Olga Selivanova drew attention to the fact that the victories in space exploration are not only the victories of the Soviet and Russian sides, but also of the whole mankind: “The Academy of Sciences recently celebrated its 300th anniversary. Science has always been international, even during the Iron Curtain.” Mukhtar Mannanov, Head of the Marketing Department of JSC SRC Progress, made a report on modern …

On April 17, 2024, the Anniversary “V Week of Russian Diplomacy”, which is dedicated to space diplomacy, opened at the Primakov Centre. Mikhail Leonov, Vice-Rector for Educational Work and Youth Policy of the Samara University, addressed the participants of the event with an introductory speech: “The opportunities that are opened to you, students, are unique, and you need to use them to the fullest.” Farit Mukhametshin, Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Federation Council on International Affairs, stressed the importance of the issue of regulating space diplomacy in his speech. It is impossible to achieve progress without working together, so, …

As part of the first Day of the “V Week of Russian Diplomacy”, a lecture was held by Andrey Evseenko, Deputy Director for Science of ISKRAN. The speaker presented a detailed report on the current priorities of US foreign policy. According to Andrey Evseenko, the study of foreign policy should begin with an analysis of domestic policy. As the speaker noted, the state of the mechanism of US foreign policy has suffered from many factors. Andrey Evseenko also paid much attention to the NATO alliance and its increasing role in the current conditions. Andrey Evseenko called the development of relations …