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On November 26, 2025, the Georgy Mirsky Middle East Seminar titled “Yemen in the Context of Regional Transformation in the Middle East” was held at the IMEMO RAS. Opening remarks were delivered by Vitaly Naumkin, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS and Vice President of the RIAC, and by Irina Zvyagelskaya, Head of the Center for the Middle East Studies at IMEMO RAS and…

On November 24, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS, Republic of Korea) held a conference on “Russia — South Korea: Dialogue in an Era of Uncertainty.”

A Eurasian crisis is being driven not by Moscow or Beijing, but by nervous allies of the US

On November 21, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a roundtable, “The Arctic as a Magnet for Non-Regional Actors.”

On November 19, 2025, the Iranian Governance and Policy Think Tank (GPTT) held a webinar on “Iran–Russia Relations After the Expiration of UN Security Council Resolution 2231.”

On November 17, 2025, participants of the InteRussia internship program for foreign specialists—implemented by the Institute for International Studies at MGIMO University, the Gorchakov Fund for Public Diplomacy Support, and the Internationalists Autonomous Nonprofit Organization—visited the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)

The nuclear factor has once again begun to play a significant role in international relations

On November 14–15, 2025, the International “Shanghai Spirit and the Power of Youth Action” Conference was held in Xi’an

On November 11, 2025, New Delhi hosted the Fourth India-Russia Heads of Think-Tanks (HoTT) Forum, jointly organized by MGIMO University of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA)

Indonesia’s interest in the Arctic is unequivocally non-territorial, instead driven by existential vulnerability stemming from climate change and geo-economic necessity stemming from geopolitical shifts

On November 11, 2025, MGIMO University hosted the International Academic Conference “Expanding the Horizons of BRICS Cooperation.”

On November 6, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held another City Breakfast, on the theme “The U.S.–Japan–Republic of Korea Triangle in the Face of New Challenges,” at the F.M. Dostoevsky Library