Institute of World Economy and International Relations
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Coordinates: 55°40′29″N 37°33′41″E / 55.6747°N 37.5613°E
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| Established | 1956 |
| Type | Public |
| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Website | http://www.imemo.ru/en |
The Institute of World Economy and International Relations was founded in 1956. It was a successor to the earlier organization, the Institute of World Economy and Politics which existed from 1925 to 1948.
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.[citation needed]
The IMEMO conducts among others research on the following areas:
- forecasting and analysis of the world economy;[citation needed]
- international relations and politics;[citation needed]
- economic and socio-political developments in foreign countries, such as the USA, Japan, European and the Third World countries;[citation needed]
- problems of the transition period in Russia (politics, economics and cultural affairs).[citation needed]
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[edit] 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 Matrynov
- 2000-2006 - Nodari Simoniya
- Since December 2006 - Alexander Dynkin.
