The Institute for the International Education of Students, or IES Abroad, is a non-profit study abroad organization that administers study abroad programs for U.S. college-aged students. Founded in 1950 as the Institute of European Studies, the organization has since been renamed to reflect additional offerings in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America. The organization now provides more than 125+ programs in 19 countries and 33 cities. Over 150,000 students have studied abroad on IES Abroad programs since its founding, with more than 10,000 students studying abroad each year.IES Abroad has an Academic Consortium composed of over 200 academic institutions. It offers over $6 million in scholarships to help finance qualified students abroad. In accordance with its mission and vision statement, IES Abroad highlights cultural immersion through the use of homestays and field trips to "[promote] the development of interculturally-competent leaders." IES Abroad's services include pre-departure advising, visa assistance, alumni mentors, and safety plans at Centers abroad. IES Abroad has a diversity initiative and a green initiative.S.
Yugoslav–Soviet relations experienced a new rise from the early 1970s when new principles were established through meetings between Tito and Brezhnev. From that point, economic cooperation became the foundation of their relations, reaching its peak in the first half of the 1980s when the Soviet Union emerged as Yugoslavia’s largest economic partner. This paper aims to provide an overview of this cooperation during the first half of the 1980s, based on archival materials available in Serbian archives, specifically the Archives of Yugoslavia and the Diplomatic Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The analysis will primarily draw upon documents related to the mutual visits of the two countries’ prime ministers, Milka Planinc and N.A. Tikhonov, in March 1983 and July 1985. Economic relations were the central topic of these meetings, and documents such as diplomatic preparations, discussion platforms, and reports offer significant sources for analyzing this cooperation. The analysis will seek to identify the main areas of economic cooperation, assess their importance, and determine whether the relations were purely economic or marked by political interests as well.
