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Brill has published a new article by Lev Markovich Sokolshchik, Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Regional Studies, Deputy Director of the Center for Educational Programs of the Institute for World Military Economy and Strategy, and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University.

On August 21, 2025, Ekaterina Kosevich, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University, PhD in Political Science and expert on Latin America, participated in the international discussion program OBSERVATÓRIO DE GEOPOLÍTICA on a Brazilian YouTube channel hosted by renowned journalist Luís Nassif.

Ekaterina Kosevich, PhD in Political Science and specialist in Latin America, gave an interview to Radio Cultura Buenos Aires dedicated to the strategies of extra-regional actors in contemporary Latin America.

On April 8, a round table was held on the topic of "Extra-regional alternatives for Latin America: directions and results of bilateral movement", organized by the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences together with the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) of the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

The article "Russian Foreign Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Twenty-first Century" by Ekaterina Kosevich, PhD in Political Science, specialist in Latin American studies, and leading research fellow at the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), was published on November 20, 2022, in the prestigious American scientific journal Latin American Perspectives (Q1, List A of the HSE University). It has been included in the list of the most cited articles published in this journal over the past three years.

Lev Sokolshchik, an associate professor of the School of International Regional Studies and Leading research fellow of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), and Eduard Galimullin, an research fellow of the CCEIS published a book chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Chinese and Eurasian International Relations.

Lev Sokolshchik, an associate professor of the School of International Regional Studies and Leading research fellow of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), has published an article in the Science Journal of Volgograd State University. History. Area Studies. International Relations.

Lev Sokolshchik, an associate professor of the School of International Regional Studies and research fellow of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), has published an article in the Russian Politics journal.

A scientific seminar "Enhancing Confidence and Security through Military-Political and Military-Technical Cooperation between Russia and Brazil within BRICS" was held on June 30. The seminar was dedicated to military-political and military-technical cooperation between Russia and Brazil, as well as the development of confidence-building measures and security in bilateral relations and within BRICS. Participants discussed the creation of a consensus-based security framework based on trust-building measures and human security, as well as the possibility of extending this concept to other BRICS countries.

On May 10th, a scientific seminar was held on the topic of “Foreign and Domestic Policy of Mongolia at the Present Stage”, which focused on analyzing the impact of great power rivalry in the region on Mongolia's domestic politics and diplomacy.