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2 October 2021 Evolution of Statecraft

The MGIMO School of Government and International Affairs collaborates with the Sam Nunn School at Georgia Institute of Technology to publish a groundbreaking special issue on the evolution of statecraft with Russia's top-ranked peer-reviewed journal, International Trends. All articles are open access.


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31 August 2021 We welcome the Class of 2025

We welcome the Class of 2025. Eighty new students just enrolled in SGIA’s three Bachelor programs: Government, International Politics and Law; International Business and Finance; and Politics and International Relations.

20 May 2021 Open day on May 20

Our final Open Day of the season was held on May 20, 2021. The School and its programs were presented by Dean Mikhail Troitskiy, Professor Tim Potier and two Class 2021 students, Elizaveta Petrova and Polina Smolenskaya. Presentations were followed by a Q&A session with the audience. Watch the May 20 Open Day video (in Russian) and consider applying immediately to any or all of our four programs.

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23 April 2021 Reading webinar: MGIMO UoR Double Bachelor Degree

Watch MGIMO SGIA Dean Mikhail Troitskiy and Chair of Politics Department at University of Reading discuss the MGIMO UoR Double Bachelor Degree in Politics and International Relations and explain the reasons why you may want to join the program.


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6 April 2021 Education and Careers in International Business and Finance: An Online Discussion with Yandex Market CEO Maxim Grishakov

We just broadcast a conversation with Yandex Market CEO Maxim Grishakov who shared his views on education and careers in business and finance. He will be teaching at SGIA from Fall 2021.

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25 March 2021 The Next Clash of Ideas?

In an article written for Horizons — a policy journal published out of Belgrade by the Centre for International Relations and Sustainable Development — Dean Mikhail Troitskiy predicts that the next major competition of ideas in world politics in the 2020s will pivot around contesting principles of justice.


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10 March 2021 MGIMO Soars in QS Subject Rankings

March 4th, the international agency QS unveiled the results of its “World University Rankings: By Subject”. Since last year, MGIMO moved up to the 1st place in Russia and the 41st globally in "Politics and International Relations" and made it into the top 150 for "Modern Languages". It has also improved on its previous rank in “Law", "Economics and Econometrics”, “Linguistics” and “Business and Management.”

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10 March 2021 We are adding International Law as a minor to our International Politics Program

We are adding International Law as a minor to our International Politics Program


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19 February 2021 Panel on transnational education alongside vice rectors of three Moscow universities

Dean Mikhail Troitskiy discussed the unique selling points of international double degree programs and challenges to their implementation and marketing on a panel on transnational education alongside vice rectors of three Moscow universities—Higher School of Economics, MISiS, and Russian State University for the Humanities. Watch the discussion here between 07:00 and 1:07:00.

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25 January 2021 Launch of a new Bachelor of Science Program

We are happy to announce the launch of a new Bachelor of Science Program in International Business and Finance, starting from September 2021. We aim to train financial analysts, corporate managers, regulatory officials, consultants, and academics of a global caliber.

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22 January 2021 Political Geography by Dr. Igor Okunev

Political Geography by Dr. Igor Okunev — our faculty member puts out a textbook with Peter Lang Publishers.

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3 January 2021 Vadim Fridburg (28.10.2002–03.01.2021)

We mourn the death of Vadim Fridburg, first-year student at the School of Government and International Affairs. Vadim died on January 3rd due to covid-19 complications. He joined the School in September and celebrated his 18th birthday in October.

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