institute of europe
the institute of europe of the russian academy of sciences
«Europe in 2027»
- 24 September 2026
On 24 September 2026, the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS) and the Beijing Club for International Dialogue held an online seminar “Europe in 2027”.
The seminar was devoted to Europe–China relations, strategic approaches of individual European countries towards Beijing, and key aspects of bilateral cooperation in the fields of security, economics, trade, and international politics.
The meeting was moderated by Ms. Han Hua, Co‑Founder and Secretary‑General of the Beijing Club for International Dialogue, and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Director of the Institute of Europe RAS, Prof. Alexey A. Gromyko.
In the main part of the seminar, presentations were delivered by Prof. Feng Zhongping, Director of the Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and Head of the “Europe–BRICS” Centre at IE RAS, Vladimir Izotov. The main discussants of the presentations were Prof. Jiang Feng, Research Professor at the Shanghai Academy of Global Government and Area Studies (SAGGAS), Dean of the Institute for European Studies and Chairman of the Council of SAGGAS, and Roman Zhilin, Junior Research Fellow at the Department of European Security, IE RAS.
The discussion following the presentations included Olga Butorina, Deputy Director of IE RAS for Research, Doctor of Economics; Prof. Cui Hongjian, Director of the Centre for European Union and Regional Development Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University; Mr. Zhengzhe Yu, Research Assistant at the Beijing Club for International Dialogue; and Mr. Humphrey Liu, Beijing Club for International Dialogue.
Separate aspects of Europe–China interaction were addressed by Larisa Deriglazova, Leading Research Fellow at the Department of European Security, IE RAS; Ivan Popov, Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Centre for Iberian Studies and Associate Professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO; Kira Godovanyuk, Leading Research Fellow at the Centre for British Studies, Department of Country Studies, IE RAS; Alexander Dashichev, Junior Research Fellow at the Department of Social and Political Studies, IE RAS; and Yulia Melnikova, Head of the Asia and Eurasia Program at the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
