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DPPG8631A-S18

Russia and East Asia

Workshop: Russia and East Asia

This workshop will examine Russia’s relations with the East Asian region. Russia’s recently declared “pivot” to the east is an indication of the growing importance Moscow attaches to its strategic, political, and economic interests in East Asia, particularly with respect to China, Japan, and South Korea. The workshop will examine the nature of those interests and Moscow's policies to realize those interests. A special feature of this workshop is that a small group of MIIS and Middlebury College students will be selected to take part in a fully funded field research trip to Vladivostok and Khabarovsk in March. The trip will include a series of meetings with: (1) professors, researchers, and students at the Far Eastern Federal University's School of Regional and International Studies in Vladivostok, as well as the Economic Research Institute, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Khabarovsk; (2) officials of the administrations of the Khabarovsk and Primorye regions; and (3) journalists and nongovernmental organization representatives in Vladivostok and Khabarovsk. Upon return you will write a research paper based on these meetings. The other students who are not selected to participate in the field research will also write a research paper on a topic approved by the instructor.

Interested students need to apply for participation in this workshop, including the field trip. Submit a letter of interest and current resume to Professor Tsuneo Akaha and Professor Anna Vassilieva.

Course Reference Number (CRN):
21334
Subject Code:
DPPG
Course Number:
8631
Section Identifier:
A

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DPPG 8631

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DPPG8631A-S18 Workshop (Akaha)