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ethnologists including 32 Professors and Doctors and 90 Candidates of Sciences.
Experts in the fields of history, economy, international relations, philosophy, East
Asian culture such as the RAS Academician S.L. Tihvinskii, the RAS
Corresponding Member V.S. Miasnikov, Members of RANS- B.T. Kulik, A.A.
Moskalev, L.S. Perelomov, E. P. Piv varova, M.L. Titarenko, A.G. Yakovlev,
Member of Academy of Military Sciences and International Academy of information
A.V. Bolyatko work in IFES.
IFES has seven research Centers: Center for socio-economic studies of China; Center for
studies and forecast of the Russian-Chinese relations; Center for historical and
political studies of modern China; Center for comparative studies of East Asian
spiritual civilizations; Center for Iapanese Studies; Center for Korean studies; and
Center of Information and Datapool. Expert training is provided not only for the
IFES but also for other Russian and foreign centers of oriental. The IFES
Postgraduate S hool offers specialized Candidate programs in several disciplines,
such as economy, international relations, history, philosophy, political science, and
philology. Since 1989 IFES also offers Doctoral Programs in two disciplines, i.e.
economics and international relations. Research work is carried out in accordance
with two main programs of "Russia's Revival" and "Analysis of socio-economic
and political developments in China and other East Asian countries. Interests of
Russia in East Asia and Asia-Pacific Region." Determination of the main trends of
research and formulation of specific themes are the prerogative of the IFES'
Academic Council. In the nearest future the priority will be given to following
principal research trends:
1. Constant analytical monitoring of most important developments in economy, policy,
and international activities of China, Iapan, and Republic of Korea.
2. Key problems of Russian-Chinese constructive partnership on international arena
towards the 21st centry; Bilateral Russia-China relations; China's foreign policy in
Asia and Asia-Pacific Region (APR); Prospects of economic cooperation with
China and other countries in speeding up development of Siberia and Russian Far
East.
3. Role and Place of China in world economy; Economic reforms, dynamics, structural
specifics and prospects of China's economic growth.
4. General problems of security and forming of new international relations in North-East
Asia and APR; Russia-Iapan relations; Internal deve opments in modern Iapanese
society; New role of Iapan on international arena; Russia-ROK, Russia-DPRK
relations and their optimization; Situation on the Korean peninsula and the problem
of unification.
5. Political system and modern law in China and Taiwan, including legal regulation of
transition to market economy.
6. China's political and social history in the 20th century (this includes two projects:
"China's political history in the years of reforms" and "CCP, Comintern, C.P.S.U.
(B) and ational liberation revolution in China" (publication of the archival
documents).
7. Publication of the encyclopedidictionary of "Chinese spiritual civilization"; Specifics of
Confucian, Christian, Buddhist, and Muslim cultures and their respective
interrelation with Eurasian components of the Russian culture.
The Centers' Programs
Center for socio-economic studies of China
Chairman: Dr. Portyakov V.Y.
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