Charles University decided to support a research project called „African and Middle Eastern Elites Educated in former Socialist Countries: Studies, Trajectories, and Mindsets“. submitted by Dr. Constantin Katsakioris within the programme PRIMUS. It is a programme with aim to encourage young researchers with international experience to establish new research groups and laboratories. Three-years project will be solved at the Institute of World History (Charles University, Faculty of Arts) and three members of CWRG (Jan Koura, Mikuláš Pešta and Jakub Mazanec) will be part of the research group. The project will be connected with activities of CWRG and the Institute for the Study of Strategic Regions.