On February 3-5, The Faculty of International Relations and Politics at RANEPA St.Petersburg hosted the 3rd All-Russian Online Winter School «International Conflicts and Global Security Issues». Approximately 400 event applications were received from students and postgraduates from 101 universities, 16 countries, and 50 cities worldwide, including 25 regions of Russia.

The geography covered the Russian Federation and the Eurasian space, including Moscow, Vladivostok, Mariupol, Nizhny Novgorod, Tver, Tomsk, Astana, Ashgabat, Grodno and other cities.

The event program included lectures and master classes from leading scholars and practicing experts on current issues of global and regional security.

Lecturers from the RANEPA Department of International Relations and Politics were involved in conducting the event, including: Elena Petrova, PhD, Associate Professor and Stanislav Shkel, PhD, Leading Researcher at the Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Department of International Relations and Political Studies .

Honored guests and speakers included Dr. Fousseynou Ouattara, Member of the National Transitional Council of Mali, Vice-Chairman of the Commission on Defense, Armed Forces and Security (Republic of Mali); Dr. Mikhail Rykhtik, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of International Relations and World History at Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod ; Gleb Toropchin, PhD, Deputy Dean for Research at the Faculty of Humanities Education, Novosibirsk State Technical University, Senior Researcher at the Center for Eurasian Studies, Tomsk State University; Dr. Natalya Eremina, PhD, Professor at the Department of European Studies, St. Petersburg State University, and the Department of Comparative Political Studies, RANEPA St. Petersburg; Egor Sergeev, PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, Senior Researcher at the Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; Sergey Poletaev, Information Analyst, Co-founder of the «Vatfor» project; Leonid Tsukanov, PhD, International Journalist, RIAC Expert, Consultant at the PIR Center.

Within the Winter School, special attention was paid to certain trends in world politics related to international conflicts, multipolarity, digitalization, economic security, the rescue of world cultural heritage sites, and the situation in the Middle East and the Eurasian space.

Based on the event’s outcomes, participants were awarded certificates. The most active participants received encouragement in the form of diplomas as winners and prize-winners.

The participants shared:

Thank you very much for such a high quality of organization. The most convenient and useful online course I’ve had the chance to participate in!

Gleb Voron-Kovalsky, a student at the Russian State Institute of Intellectual Property, one of the Winter School winners

A huge thank to the organizers and participants for the time spent; it was very useful and interesting. For me, this was my first experience participating in such schools, and it turned out to be very positive.

Alexey Kaznin, a student at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, a prize-winner of the Winter School

I want to express my gratitude to the moderators and organizers! The work was done very thoroughly (special thanks for keeping to the schedule); I was very glad to see familiar speakers and meet new people. I can’t imagine how hard it was to bring everyone together. I want to note that the sessions were organized very competently. Thank you very much for the opportunity to participate and gain a wealth of knowledge!

Thanks to the speakers for the amount of information presented at the School and for the structured material. It was very pleasant to listen and take notes on certain points. I would also like to note that the literature recommended is interesting to study and also quite structured.

Special thanks to the participants who, in my opinion, mostly asked the right and relevant questions.

I’m already looking forward to next year and the new winter school! Thank you for such a high-quality project!

Elina Sergeeva, a student at RANEPA St. Petersburg

I want to say a huge thank you to the organizers of the winter school for these three days of learning. It was very interesting and inspiring. I’m only in my first year, but I liked everything – the atmosphere, the content, and the lecturers. Thank you for your work and for doing it with love.

Lev Krotov, a student at Donetsk State University

Prizes for the winners were provided by the event’s partner – the philosophical bookstore «Dahl,» to which the faculty expresses its special gratitude.