Dr. Alexander Aleksandrovich Dynkin, Director of the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) at the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), will visit MIIS as part of the Visiting Experts program of the Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies. Dr. Dynkin will deliver two lectures focusing on Russia’s role in the global economy and international political relations. The first of these lectures, titled, “Russia in a Global Perestroika,” will take place Thursday, October 13 from 12:15PM-2:00PM at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, in the video conference room, and will be given in English. The second lecture, titled, “The Russian Economy and Foreign Policy,” will take place Tuesday, October 18 from 10:00AM-11:50AM in Irvine Auditorium, and will be given in Russian.
Dr. Dynkin is a member of the RAS, Doctor of Economics, professor, Academician Secretary of the Division for Global Issues and International Relations of the RAS, and member of the Presidium of the RAS. He is a member of the Presidium of the Presidential Council for Science and Education, the Presidential Economic Council, the Presidential Commission for Strategic Development of the Fuel and Energy Sector and Environmental Security, the Scientific Council of the RF Security Council, and the Scientific Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RF. At the center of Alexander A. Dynkin’s research are questions of global development, economic growth, prediction, energy, international comparisons, laws of innovative development, international relations and international security. Alexander A. Dynkin’s scientific work totals more than 400 pages, published in Russia, Germany, the US, Japan, South Korea, and other countries. Dr. Dynkin is the fourth of ten lecturers who will visit the MIIS campus this semester through the GIRS program.