27 Oct 2020 16:58

IMEMO, Interfax to hold first meeting as part of 'Russia and the World: A Professional Conversation' project

*** The first online expert meeting as part of a new project of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) and Interfax titled 'Russia and the World: A Professional Conversation' will take place at noon on Thursday, October 29.

The meeting will be dedicated to expectations of global capitals regarding results of the U.S. presidential election. Participants will in particular discuss what candidate is preferable for Beijing, Delhi, Brussels, Berlin, Paris and Tokyo, how the global economic architecture will change, and what will happen in the sphere of strategic stability and arms control after the election.

The list of participants includes IMEMO International Security Center head Alexei Arbatov, Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of European Studies Alexei Gromyko, IMEMO Asian Pacific Studies Center head Alexander Lomanov, IMEMO International Political Problems Department senior researcher Alexei Kupriyanov, IMEMO European Political Studies Department senior researcher Pavel Timofeyev, and IMEMO Middle East Studies Center senior researcher Nikolai Surkov.

Journalists should get accreditation at https://www.interfax.ru/presscenter/.

Questions for the speakers can be sent to presscenter@interfax.ru.

The deadline for accreditation and submitting questions is one hour before the meeting.

A link to the online broadcast will be available at https://www.interfax.ru/presscenter/.