The Institute of Foreign Languages of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba
the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences invite you to participate in the
V All-Russian Youth Analytical Club
with international participation
“Greater Europe’s interaction with the countries of Asia and the Mediterranean”
Institute of Foreign Languages, RUDN
Moscow, Miklukho-Maklay St., 9, Building 4, Lecture Hall
December 1, 2025

Goal of the Conference: to attract the attention of students in the “Foreign Regional Studies: Euro-Asian and Mediterranean Regions” program at the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) of RUDN, as well as students from Russian and foreign universities in related fields, to discuss a wide range of socio-political, economic, and cultural issues concerning the contemporary development of the studied region. The conference seeks to promote discussion and cooperation with relevant partners, as well as to strive for improving the quality of life in their countries to shape the socio-political discourse on international issues.

Another goal of the conference is to test analytical research in the field of international relations, security, and political and economic policy at the national and foreign policy levels of the countries of Greater Europe, Asia, and the Mediterranean.

List of Main Issues to Be Discussed:

  1. New challenges facing the countries of Greater Europe.
  2. Political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of contemporary regional processes in the Euro-Asian and Mediterranean regions.
  3. Euro-Asian cooperation and partnership: participants, projects, prospects.
  4. Issues of national, regional, and global security and international stability.
  5. Global issues of our time and their impact on international relations.

Keynote Speakers at the Plenary Session:

  1. Wu Dahui – Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Vice President of the China Overseas Development Association (an institution directly under the National Development and Reform Commission of the PRC), Deputy Director of the Institute of Russian Studies, Tsinghua University, QS Rank-17, China;
    Topic: “China-Russia-U.S. Relations in the Context of Strategic Intertwining”

  2. Zhang Chenggang – Professor, Department of Sociology, Dean of the Institute of Social Governance and Development, Tsinghua University, QS Rank-17, China;
    Topic: “China’s Security-Based AI Global Governance Mechanism”
  1. Mikhail V. Vedernikov – PhD in History, Historical Sciences, Leading Research Fellow of the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia.
    Topic: “EU Policy Towards Non-Western Countries Against the Background of “Reassembly””

  2. Bharti Chhibber – Doctor, Professor, University of Delhi, India.
    Topic: “Building Bridges Across Continents: Reimagining Multilateral Cooperation in Eurasia”

COFERENCE’S DATES AND ARRANGEMENTS

  1. Main Dates:

Conference – December 1, 2025
Deadline for registration and submission of applications – November 9, 2025
Deadline for extended abstract submissions – November 9, 2025

  1. Registration:

To participate in the conference as a speaker or attendee, it is necessary to pass the registration

  1. Conference working languages: Russian, English.
  2. Publication:

Following the conference, a collection of articles is planned for publication in English and Russian by RUDN Publishing House. The collection will be indexed in the RSCI database.

Those articles, which submitted after the deadline and don’t correspond to the requirements, are not allowed to publishing!

Articles and anti-plagiarism verification (at least 75%) should be attached to the registration form till  November 9, 2025 (including that date).

  1. Requirements for abstract submissions:

The articles submission guidelines can be found on the Institute of Foreign Languages conference web-site

  1. Registration fee: No registration fee!
  2. Сontact persons:

Svetlana Blinova (Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Pedagogy, Institute of Foreign Languages, RUDN)
e-mail: blinova-sa@rudn.ru

Margarita Smolkina (Research Specialist for Student Affairs, Institute of Foreign Languages, RUDN)
e-mail: smolkina_ma@pfur.ru
Phone. +7 (495) 787-38-03, ext. 2252
Miklukho-Maklaya St., 9 (Building No. 4, left wing), Room 452