Like Asgard, Armenia is not a place, it is a people
The relatively recent (2017) Hollywood blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok has a memorable scene of the heavenly kingdom of Asgard collapsing. A happenstance witness to and participant in
Ragnarok
, the last battle between the good and the evil, King of Asgard and God Thor, finds himself unable to avert this disaster. Suddenly, when everything seems hopelessly lost, he has a revelation: “Asgard’s not a place, it’s a people.” And he sets about evacuating...
A distinctive feature of current Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi’s foreign policy is his direct call to the Indian diaspora abroad. Every appearance he has made in the 18 months since he came to office – at Wembley Stadium in London, Madison Square Garden in New York and Dubai International Cricket Stadium; in Toronto, Kuala Lumpur, Paris and the Seychelles – has turned into a show, a kind of “Modi-mania”, with thousands of people chanting the Indian leader’s...
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The methodology of the research, its key findings, conclusions and recommendations were presented by Irina Dezhina, Head of Skoltech Scientific and Industrial Policy Group and one of the authors of the report. The issues of cooperation among academic diasporas covered by the report provoked a lively discussion. In particular, the participants touched upon problems of interaction among representatives of Russian-speaking academic diasporas with relevant ministries and agencies, as well as institutions ...
