The Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) invites you to a roundtable discussion co-hosted with The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University on March 19 at 6:30 PM. We will discuss the most urgent integration processes in the Eurasia continent.

How effective is the model of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in terms of the integration in Eurasia? Which elements predominate in the EAEU, political or economic? What are the perspectives of the integration of the EAEU with the Euopean Union and with the Silk Road Economic Belt? How does the United States perceive the EAEU, and what is U.S. grand strategy in Eurasia?

SPEAKERS:

Timofey Vyacheslavovich Bordachev – Director of the Center for European and International Studies, Faculty of World Economy and World Politics, HSE University, Academic Head of the Educational Program “International Relations: European and Asian Studies”, Director of the Eurasia Program of the Valdai Club Foundation

Dmitry Vyacheslavovich Suslov – Deputy Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, Faculty of World Economy and World Politics, HSE University, Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

Maxim Vladimirovich Bratersk – Leading Researcher, Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CEMI), Department of World Economy and World Politics, HSE University, Academic Head of Educational Programs: International Relations in Eurasia, Program of two diplomas of HSE University and London University “International Relations”

Daniel Drezner – Professor of the International Politics at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, a leading researcher at Brookings Institution, editor at the Washington Post

The working language will be English. We would like to draw your attention to the fact that guests who do not have an HSE University pass should bring their passport. For all questions regarding this event, please contact Ovanes Agopov (oagopov@hse.ru, phone number +7-495-772-9590 extension 23089).