About
us
  Academic Educational Forum on International
Relations is a non-profit organization with the mission to promote education
and research initiatives in the field of International Relations, Security
and Political Science aimed at strengthening Russia’s community of IR
scholars and professionals.
Our
major goal is to support scholars and educators in Russia’s regions
and CIS nations in achieving maximum personal and academic independence
and developing their professional skills and research agendas. We seek
to ensure conformity of Russian degrees and the quality of training
in Political Science and International Relations to the most advanced
international standards thereby providing for the «international convertibility»
of Russian experts.
Western
methodology and vast teaching and research experience in the field of
Political Science can reinforce the intellectual potential of young
Russian scholars. This, in turn, could spark innovative approaches to
studying and teaching International Relations. Therefore, the Forum
seeks to facilitate exchange in ideas and research results among regional
universities and ensure attention toward these results, as well as their
authors, on the part of leading Moscow-based experts, universities and
think-tanks involved in international studies.
Our projects
are grouped into four tracks:
Over
the last 3 years, Academic Educational Forum on International Relations
has been supported financially by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation, Open Society Institute – Russia, the ISE-Center (Information.
Scholarship. Education.) and other grant making institutions. The Forum
cooperates with a variety of partner organizations, such as Russian regional
universities, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Danish
Atlantic Treaty Association and others.
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