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In the global competition, also affecting the higher education sector, universities have to formulate adequate development plans. One of the crucial points of the internationalization strategy of RUDN University is the establishment of clusters in various regions of the globe. Because of its history mostly orientated to developing countries, RUDN University does not have any cluster in Europe, and traditionally its cooperation is focused on the Asian, African continents, and Latin America. The European Union funded programme Erasmus+ represents a crucial tool for RUDN University to enhance its collaboration with European Universities in various forms. The most common ways are the development of academic mobility (Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility), developing transnational projects with European and non-European Universities (Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education), and promoting teaching and research on European studies (Jean Monnet Activities). Through a quantitative analysis, the author shows how these actions of the Erasmus+ programme have contributed to enhancing partnerships and internationalization at home, supporting curricula upgrade, and improving collaboration with companies.

Education is a powerful soft power instrument. By studying the educational programmes Erasmus, CIS Network University and SCO University, International educational programs in the EU and post-Soviet space: present and future enables a better understanding of the role of academic mobility in supporting political cooperation in the European and Eurasian region. Furthermore, this book is the first comparative study of the Erasmus programme with CIS Network University and SCO University, two educational programmes inspired to Erasmus Mundus, aimed at strengthening the academic mobility of Russia with former Soviet countries and China.r