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Expert Online Seminar «Integration Associations in the Fight against the Global Pandemic»

Expert Online Seminar «Integration Associations in the Fight against the Global Pandemic»

18.03.2021

On March 18, the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies of the National Research University Higher School of Economics organized the online seminar moderated by David Lewis, Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Exeter.

The conference gathered together such prominent speakers as Associate Professor of the Department of European Studies of St. Petersburg State University Tatiana. Romanova, lecturer of the "European Studies" course at Leiden University David Maksin, expert of the Institute of World Economy and Politics under the Nursultan Nazarbayev Foundation Lidia Parkhomchik, Head of the International Business Department of the School of Management and in Law of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) Christopher A. Hartwell, Deputy Head of the Eurasian Sector of the CCEIS HSE University Alexander Korolev, Professor at the Ateneo de Manila University Kritzman Caballero, Director of the ILA RAS Dmitry Razumovsky and Professor at the Institute of Economics of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Pedro Paulo Zahluth Bastos.

The online seminar participants assessed the effectiveness of the measures taken by the four integration associations (EU, EAEU, ASEAN and MERCOSUR) in combating against the COVID-19 pandemic. During the discussion, the speakers shared their forecasts for the further development of each of the associations. The experts also touched upon the impact of the pandemic on the strategic directions of integration associations development. The analyst Valeria Vershinina represented the ASEAN Centre at the meeting.