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Valeriy Kopiika, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Diplomacy, gave an interview to International Policy Digest, in which he spoke about his experience as a military translator in Congo and how this experience shaped his understanding of diplomacy and crisis management. He emphasised that working in a conflict and multinational environment laid the foundation for the approaches that are now used in training students at the Institute

DS SOLUTIONS and the Educational and Scientific Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU) have officially concluded a Memorandum of Cooperation, opening up new opportunities for the development of legal education and practice in Ukraine

Throughout the semester, as part of the course “Public Relations in International Relations,” students of the International Communications program worked on the case “Veterans’ Reintegration into Civilian Life.” This complex and socially significant topic required in-depth analysis, sensitivity, and full consideration of regulatory requirements within the banking sector

The students of the International Communications master’s program had the opportunity to speak with Tetiana Kovtunovych — a historian, curator of oral history projects at the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, coordinator of the project “Maidan: Oral History”, and director of the film “Vohnekhreshcha”. The meeting became an important part of discussing the role of memory, testimony, and communications in shaping narratives about the contemporary history of Ukraine

On 24 November 2025, students of the Educational and Scientific Institute of International Relations had the opportunity to attend the lecture “Azerbaijani-Ukrainian Strategic Partnership” given by His Excellency Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Ukraine Mr. Seymur Mardaliyev

On 18 November 2025, during the EU Enlargement Forum in Brussels, the Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, Gediminas Navickas, met with students and faculty of the Institute of International Relations

On 17 November 2025, students and lecturers of the Educational and Scientific Institute of International Relations joined an online lecture by Dmytro Deineko, a consular officer of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Thailand and a Doctor of Philosophy in Law

At the invitation of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador and President of the Ukrainian Foreign Policy Association, Volodymyr Khandohiy, IIR representatives took part in the presentation of the Ambassador’s new book Diplomatic Stories 2: First-Person, Uncensored

We are pleased to announce the publication of the lecture course "Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Interests of North African Countries," prepared in 2025 by Professor Pavlo Ignatiev of the Department of International Regional Studies at the Institute of International Relations