US Students Show Renewed Interest in Russian Studies

RIA Novosti: "... he didn’t realize he was part of a national trend that experts say is a small but significant sign of revitalized American interest in all things Russian..."

Abramovich Tops List of Most Charitable Russians

MOSCOW, April 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russian billionaire and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich is Russia’s most generous philanthropist, having spent $310 million on charity out of his fortune of $12.8 billion in the past three years, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

U.S. Needs a Russia Strategy

Andrei P Tsygankov (San Francisco State University) for The Moscow Times: "The new conventional wisdom among Russia experts in the U.S. seems to be that the agenda of the two sides' relationship will have to be limited to issues of nuclear arms control."

Testimonials

Eero Wahlstedt (IMARES 2010)

I participated in the IMARES program of the European University at St. Petersburg during the academic year 2009/10. I consider the period one of great challenges both academically and personally, but ones that bore great fruit.

MA in Energy Politics in Eurasia (ENERPO)

Online ENERPO journal produced by our students

ENERPO Journal March 2013 (pdf, 869 KB)
ENERPO Journal April 2013 (pdf, 630 KB)

You can also download the whole ENERPO brochure

ENERPO_brochure_13-14 (pdf, 541 KB)

Course list

The enormous Eurasian energy resources in Russia, Central Asia, the Caspian Basin and other regions affect the world politics, trade, security and relations between big players. You will learn how countries and corporations cooperate or enter conflicts over ownership, control, transportation and consumption of oil and gas. Developing your analytical skills will prepare you to a career of policy maker and consultant to help political and economic actors meet various challenges. Through ENERPO you will familiarize with key energy projects in Eurasia and address the main problems in the development of the sphere of energy.

The courses combine the perspectives of political science, security studies, political economy, and anthropology. You will also get access to first-hand expertise of the energy sector.

ENERPO is a novelty program which combines in-class training by leading Russian and international experts, master classes by representatives of the energy business community, and company visits.

While one-semester study abroad is possible, to get your master’s degree you need to spend two semesters in St. Petersburg followed by a dissertation writing period.

This program offers the following benefits:

studying at a compact, internationally renowned private university in Russia devoted solely to the social sciences;
interdisciplinary curricula with unparalleled breadth of courses that tailor education to specific needs;
teaching by Russia’s major figures in political science, political economy, and public policy;
excellent preparation for further research work or for careers in education, public administration, the private sector.

You can now pre-taste more of ENERPO by familiarizing with the syllabi of these courses:
The Political Economy of Energy in Eurasia

Russia-EU Energy Relations

Energy Security and Russian Politics

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