site Veterans Today, a partnership which began in 2013. Partnerships and collaborations Partnerships in international programs of scientific cooperation, research projects and publishing programs, representation in academic institutions of near and distant foreign countries, participation in international expeditions, conferences and seminars, teaching activity abroad in the sphere of Orientalism, training courses of members of the Institute at foreign universities and visits of trainers from abroad, membership in international Oriental associations and in societies of business, cultural and humanitarian cooperation. There are scientific contacts with Turkey, India, Egypt, Japan, Iran, and China. Institute research topics have included: "Comprehensive study of ethnogenesis, ethnic and cultural image of the people, contemporary ethnic processes, historical and cultural cooperation in Eurasia", "Studying the historical roots of terrorism, monitoring of xenophobia and extremism in Russian society, anthropology of extreme groups and subcultures, an analysis of the complex ethnic and religious factors in the local and global processes of the past and present", "Problems of the theory of historical process, summarizing the experience of social transformation and social potential of the history", "The evolution of human societies and civilizations: the man in the history and the history of everyday life. Retrospective analysis of forms and contents of relations between the authorities and society", "Study of the spiritual and aesthetic values of national and world literature and folklore", "Genesis and the interaction of social, cultural and linguistic communities", "The historical experience of social transformation and conflict". Structure Department of Israel Department of the History of the Orient Department of the History and Culture of the Ancient Orient Department of China Department of the Problems of International Relations Department of Korea and Mongolia Department of Asian Literatures Department of Monuments of Oriental Writing Department of Comparative Theoretical Studies Department of Comparative Culture Studies Department of Near and Middle East Department of CIS Countries Department of Southeast Asian Studies Department of Economics Research Department of South Pacific Research Asian Languages Department Center for Arabic and Islamic Studies Center for Indian Studies Center for Japanese Studies See also Govhar Bakhshaliyeva Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies, that operated 1920-1954 References External links Institute of Oriental Studies - Official site Saint Petersburg Institute of Oriental Manuscripts - Official site (English) - former St Petersburg branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies New Eastern Outlook - Online journal published by the Institute Asian studies Research institutes in Russia Research institutes in the Soviet Union