Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far-East,

We inform about the release of the journal “Russia and the Pacific” No. 3 (2018). You can find the contents of the journal on its official website.

A new issue of the bulletin “The Map of the Pacific Ocean” was released. The online version is available on the web page.

Ivan Zuenko, member of the Department of Chinese Studies of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, participated in the conference Borderland Spaces: Ruins, Revival(s) and Resources. The conference was jointly organized by the Association of the Asian Borderlands Research Network (ABRN), the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) and the American University of Central Asia.

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On August 10, 2018, the First International Field Conference “Bohai Cultural Heritage (1)” took place on the base of the Kraskinsky archaeological group.
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The Ivolginskoye Settlement is a unique real city of the Hunnu Empire, a trading and agricultural center of that time. Corresponding Member N.N. Kradin and Dr. Sc. S.D. Prokopets were in charge of archaeological excavations.

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On June 26, 2018, the round table discussion on current issues of local conflicts in the Soviet Far East in the late 1920s and in the early 1930s was held at the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, FEB RAS. 11 reports of five main areas were presented.

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A bibliographic index “Publications of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, FEB RAS.2011-2015” was published. The book is available in the section Online publications.

Russian and South Korean scientists gathered at the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, FEB RAS to discuss the consequences of the recent meeting of the leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un and the US President Donald Trump. For more details, please follow the link: http://novayagazeta-vlad.ru/446/politika/plyus-denuklearizaciya-vsej-korei.html

A new issue of the bulletin “The Map of the Pacific Ocean” was released. The online version is available on the web page.

Center for Asia-Pacific Studies of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, FEB RAS published the monograph “Overcoming Cold. Interests and Policy of the Countries of the Asia-Pacific Region in the Arctic: Challenges and Opportunities for Russia”. A full version of the monograph can be downloaded from the page Online publications.

The beginning of December 2017 turned out to be full of unusual events on the global political stage. The most unexpected event was the statement by the President of the United States D. Trump on recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as well as on the relocation of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv (later on the same day, Trump signed a waiver delaying the move of the U.S. Embassy for another six months).

On October 26, 2017, Thailand said goodbye to its King Bhumibol Adulyadej – Rama IX. The epoch of 70 years of the King’s reign is over and the country faces considerable changes which can radically reverse domestic policy as well as amend a political image of the country.

It seems that in Chinese analytics the odd Congresses of the ruling Communist Party of China are about interim events where the running “generation of leaders” gets rid of the predecessors on the one hand, and starts to prepare the transition of power, on the other hand.

On September 28, 2017, the U.S. Congress approved the new U.S. ambassador to Russia.

Successful nuclear missile tests in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in August and September 2017 allow to speak about significant scientific and technological progress of North Korea. Unlike previous cases, the missiles overcame the territory of Japan this time. Pyongyang announced that test demolition of the nuclear weapon at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site on 2 September, which is located 200 km from the border of the Primorye Region, is the thermonuclear weapon test.

On May 26, 2017, Zbigniew Brzezinski, patriarch of the American political idea, National Security Advisor of the 39th President of the US Jimmy Carter, passed away.

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