Academic Diplomacy as a Priority of the All-Russian Association of the South Pacific Researchers

All-Russian Association of the South Pacific Researchers. Expert Opinion. 2021.

Kanaev E.

The establishment of the All-Russian Association of the South Pacific Researchers is a remarkable event for the Russian regional studies community and the state agencies involved in the developing and implementation of Russia’s foreign policy. The Association’s activity will give an added impetus to the Russian research on the South Pacific, which will result in developing the globally-competitive Russian analytical school in the mid-term perspective. In its turn, this will increase the efficiency of Russia’s foreign policy not only in the South Pacific, but also in other regions, as well as strengthen Russia’s international political and economic positions, raise its status as a top-rank global power.

 

Keywords: Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, South-Pacific, South Pacific researches, the Association, international situation, South Pacific World, the Miklouho-Maclay Foundation, COVID-19