News

5 July 2022

Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2022

Thirty-five students from 10 countries graduated from SGIA with a Bachelor degree in Government, International Politics and Law in July 2022.

29 April 2022

We are launching a new program track in Years 3 and 4: Conflict Resolution

School of Government and International Affairs is inaugurating a new degree track in Conflict Resolution as part of our Government, International Politics and Law program.

21 March 2022

Our Open Days on the Moscow campus in 2022

On March 21 we presented English-medium Bachelor programs taught at the School of Government and International Affairs.

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11 February 2022

Princeton University’s Michael Reynolds starts guest course on US policy in the Middle East

A course entitled US Foreign Policy toward the Middle East since 1979 by the Director of the Princeton program in Russian, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies Michael Reynolds has started at the MGIMO School of Government and International Affairs.

11 January 2022

We now have our own Student Ambassadors! Read about their experience and contact them if you wish to know more about what it is like to be our student.

12 November 2021

Meet the British faculty teaching in our Double Degree Program in Politics and International Relations!

25 October 2021

Has Biden been tough on Russia and why has he been willing to absorb the political costs of his Russia policy? For some clues, watch this online panel from Turkey's prime global security forum, organized by TRT World. Dean Mikhail Troitskiy comments on Biden and Russia starting at 27:15 and continues in Q&A towards the end.

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21 October 2021

What strategic stability? How to fix the concept for US-Russia relations

Interested in knowing whether and how nuclear weapons have been a source of concern for the international community or a means to ensure global stability and end great-power wars? Read this new essay by Dean Mikhail Troitskiy discussing the meaning of “strategic stability” in relations between Russia and the United States.

2 October 2021

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.

31 August 2021

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

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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