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In the Center for International Studies of BSU within the limits of photo-exhibition preparation «History of the Belarus diplomacy» is conducted work on numbering and the description of a photoarchive the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.

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U. Ulakhovich's interview in the newspaper «Belarus Today»

On December, 23rd the director of the Center for International Studies of BSU  Uladzimir Ulakhovich visited TUT.BY Radio

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There was U. Ulakhovich's monograph «Formation of Bases of Foreign Policy of Belarus (1991-2005)»

The monograph attempts to present a conceptual panorama of foreign policy of Belarus as sovereign state.

The author offers classification of sources by a theme, considers theoretical bases of the conceptual approach, analyzes foreign policy documents of the USA, Great Britain, Russia, other countries, develops bases of foreign policy of Belarus. The book explains mechanism of formation of foreign policies, shows national school approach on international research and creation of Department of Foreign policy.

This monograph will be useful for experts, scientist, post-graduate students and non-graduate students, for whose who are interested in international relations issues.

On December, 17th, 2009 the presentation of the monograph was held in the Minsk International Y. Rau Educational Center.

U. Ulakhovich. EU – Belarus relations: pragmatism will determine policy

(On October, 23rd 2009, radio TUT.BY)

October, 23rd, 2009  the Center for International Studies of BSU organized the international workshop «New common European security treaty prospects. The project, estimations and positions of the main continental actors».

Astrid Zam, the director of Minsk International Y. Rau Educational Center, and François-Vadim De Harting, the representative of Minsk OSCE Office, addressed to seminar's participants.

At work of plenary sessions «New common European security treaty prospects» and «Project, estimations and positions of the main continental actors» took part:

• Alexander Opimah, chief of OSCE and the Council of Europe Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus
• Artem Malgin, adviser of the rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations
• Uladzimir Ulakhovich, director of the Center for International Studies
• Robert Smigelski, analyst of the Polish Institute of the International Affairs
• Sergey Galaka, professor of Institute of international relations of the Kiev national T. Shevchenko university
• Boris Kuznetsov, director of the Center of the international and regional policy (S.Peterburg)
• Andrey Rusakovich, deputy dean of Faculty of the International Relations of BSU
• Leonid Karabeshkin, associate professor of Eurouniversity (Tallinn)
• Sagidolla Sejtbatkalov, counselor of the Embassy of Republic Kazakhstan

Following participants took part in In discussions:

• Stanislav Chernyavsky, director of the Center for Post-Soviet Studies of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations
• Jury Tsarik, the main expert of the Information-analytical centre, Presidential Administration of Republic of Belarus
• Xenia Borishpolets, senior reseacher of the Moscow State Institute of the International Relations
• Alexander Tikhomirov, associate professor of Faculty of International Relations of  BSU
• Irina Bolgova, scientist of the Center of Post-Soviet researches of the Moscow State Institute of the International Relations
• Vadim Elfimov, associate professor of The Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus

On May, 15th, 2009 the Center for International Studies of BSU held a seminar «Methods of the situation analysis in the foreign policy», organized for Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During the seminar three stages of situation analysis were presented:

1. Developing of scenario with internal structure and external interconnections.
2. Conducting of multi faceted experts estimations on the basis of the scenario.
3. Final document preparation.

On March, 26th, 2009 U. Ulakhovich, director of the Center for Interational Studies, gave a lecture «Formation and development of Belarusian foreign policy» for Presidential Administration

On April, 3rd, 2009 in Minsk International Y. Rau Educational Center workshop «European Union in the changed geopolitical co-ordinates system», was organized by the Center for International Studies of BSU.

Scientists, experts from BSU, BSEU, State University of Brest , MGIMO, independent experts, journalists took part in the workshop.

The workshop aimed to define possibilities to participate in the program «Eastern Partnership» and discussed following questions:

• Actual issues and challenges of the European integration.
• The EU 27 and its new borders. Cooperation with neighbor states.