Conference Program.

Trends in the Development of the Present-day World Economy and International Relations: a Search for New Approaches.

World Economy Panel.

Introduction — Alexander Dynkin, Deputy Director of the IMEMO, Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences.

Presentations:

1. Tamara Mirzoyan (IMEMO post-graduate student) — International Marketing of Transnational Corporations of Asian New Industrial States.
2. Alexei Kuznetsov (Cand. Sc.-Econ., Research fellow, IMEMO) — Interdisciplinary Approach in the Theory of TNC Territorial Development.
3. Dmitry Alyoshin (M.E., Lecturer at the Department of International Economic Relations and Foreign Economic Ties, MGIMO(U) — Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RF) —The Impact of TNC on the Recipient Economies in Today’s World: Multi-Level Policy and FDI Targeting.
4. Kirill Krokhin (IMEMO post-graduate student) — Position of Poland on Its Relations with Russia in the Context of the EU Enlargement.
5. Liliya Kamysheva (IMEMO post-graduate student) — Financial Services Rendered to Small Enterprises by EU Commercial Banks.
6. Igor Makhmutov (IMEMO post-graduate student) — European Clearing System “Target”.
7. Dmitry Khlebnikov (IMEMO post-graduate student) — Modernization of Banking Regulation Systems in the Context of Financial Markets Integration.

International Relations Panel.

Introduction — Vladimir Baranovsky, Deputy Director of the IMEMO, Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences.

Presentations:

1. Olga Safronova (Cand. Sc.- Hist., Assistant professor, Nizhni Novgorod StateUniversity) - The Impact of Post-Positivist “Grand Debate” on the Development of the Theory of International Relations.
2. Sergei Utkin (IMEMO post-graduate student) — Theoretical Aspects of European Foreign-policy Cooperation: New Trends and Prospects.
3. Theodor Voitolovsky (IMEMO post-graduate student) — Concepts of Global Governance: the Origins, Evolution and the Future (Ideological Aspects).
4. Elena Katsapenko (IMEMO post-graduate student) — Governance and Current International Processes: the USA Approach.
5. Ivan Danilin (Cand. Sc.-Political Sc., Research fellow, IMEMO) — Technological Progress and the Shaping of a New World Order.
6. Yury Balashov (Cand. Sc.- Hist., Deputy Dean, Nizhni Novgorod State University) — The Problem of Separated Nations in International Relations in the Post-bipolar World.
7. Sergei Fyodorov (post-graduate student, Yaroslavl State University) — International Organizations and the Formation of International Peace-building Strategy (the Early and Mid 90s).
8. Vitaly Tolkachev (post-graduate student, Nizhni Novgorod State University) — Current Trends in the National States’ Nuclear Policies.
9. Anatoly Prozorovsky (IMEMO post-graduate student) — Political Leadership in Modernizing Societies: Theoretical Aspects.
10. Polina Sokolova (IMEMO post-graduate student) — Integration of the Balkan Countries into the EU.
11. Lidiya Kulebyakina (post-graduate student, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RF) — Sweden’s Response to the Globalization Challenge.

The proceedings of the Conference are to be included in the book “World Economy and International Relations in the Early 21st Century. Topical Problems as Seen by Young Scholars”. M., IMEMO, 2004.