IREX expands regional program activities to include China, Japan, and Mongolia.

1986 Continued
US public interest in the Soviet Union increases; applications for exchanges rise 25 percent after almost a decade of decline.

IREX expands regional program activities to include China, Japan, and Mongolia, organizing the first joint Sino-American and Japanese-American workshops on Soviet economic and foreign policies, and the first US-Mongolian bilateral conference.

Alumni Highlight: Two Generations of IREX Scholars: Eleonora Kutueva and Pavlo Kutuev by Heather Davis and Courtney Dunn