Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Institute of World Economy and International Relations
Институт мировой экономики и международных отношений
Established	1956
Field of research	Economics, Political Science, International Relations
Director	Fyodor Voytolovskiy
Location	Moscow, Russia; 55.6747°N 37.5613°E
Affiliations	Russian Academy of Sciences
Website	imemo.ru/en

The Institute of World Economy and International Relations (Russian: Институт мировой экономики и международных отношений), or IMEMO, is a leading independent research institute based in Moscow, Russia.

Founded in 1956 as a successor to the earlier Institute of World Economy and Politics (1925–1948), the institute is a non-profit organization acting within the Charter of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It publishes the academic journal World Economy and International Relations.

IMEMO is the organizer of the international summit "Primakov Readings".

About the institute

IMEMO is a center of scientific thought, analyzing the economic, domestic, foreign, and military policies of Western and developing countries as well as a wider range of global problems, the world economy, and international relations. The institute carries out comprehensive comparative research on a variety of issues concerning contemporary world progress from the point of view of Russia's national interests and its integration into the world economy. Great importance is attached to analysis of changes in economic, political, and social relations in the world community and their significance for strengthening international security and stability and promoting international cooperation. IMEMO is committed to fundamental and applied studies, independent analysis, and a democratic viewpoint.

Annual Budget: RUB 90.2 million (2003)

Staff: 556 (449 research, 107 administrative/support), 58 visiting.[1]

The IMEMO conducts among others research on the following areas:

forecasting and analysis of the world economy;
international relations and politics;
economic and socio-political developments in foreign countries, such as the USA, Japan, European and the Third World countries;
problems of the transition period in Russia (politics, economics and cultural affairs).

It has become a well-known and highly appreciated center for fundamental and applied socio-economic, political and strategic research. Many members of Russian political elite, journalists and representatives of Media business have been on the IMEMO staff, among them former minister of foreign affairs I.S.Ivanov and many others.[2]

Primakov Readings

"Primakov Readings" – is the international summit aimed at promoting dialogue on current global trends in the world economy, international politics and security among high-ranking experts, diplomats and decision-makers from around the Globe named in honor of the academician Yevgeny Primakov. Summit takes place annually in Moscow and is organized by IMEMO.

Divisions

Department of Science and Innovation
Department of Global Economic Problems and Foreign Economic Policy
Department of Economic Theory
World Economy Forecasting Section
Department of International Capital Markets
Center for Industrial and Investment Studies
Center for Energy Research
Center for Research in Transitional Economies
Agribusiness Center
Group for Analysis of Price formation, Inflation and Taxation
Section of Economic Modeling
Department of International Politics
Section for Political Theory
Center for International Security
Center for North American Studies
Center for European Studies
Department for European Political Studies
Center for Asia Pacific Studies
Center for Development and Modernization Studies
Center for Comparative Socio-Economic and Socio-Political Studies

Direction

Directors of the Institute

1956–1965: Anoushavan Arzoumanian
1966–1982: Nikolai N. Inozemtsev
1983–1985: Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev
1985–1989: Yevgeny Primakov
1989–2000: Vladlen Martynov
2000–2006: Nodari Simoniya
2006-2017: Alexander Dynkin.

Current Board of Directors

President: Alexander Dynkin
Director: Fyodor Voytolovskiy
First Deputy Director: Natalya Ivanova
Deputy Directors for Scientific Work:
- Vasily Mikheyev
- Alexey Kuznetsov
- Evgeniy Gontmaher
Further members of the Directorate

Noted researchers

References

http://www.nira.or.jp/past/ice/nwdtt/2005/DAT/1271.html
http://www.nira.or.jp/past/ice/nwdtt/2005/DAT/1271.html
Burns, John F. (12 March 1983). "Donald Maclean of Spy Fame Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

External links

Official website (in English and Russian)