Russian Strategy in Greater Eurasia: Between the EU and China

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) For over two centuries, experts, politicians, and famous writers such as Nikolai Gogol and Fyodor Dostoevsky have observed the Europe-Russia-China triangle and confronted the infamous Russian policy…

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Pawns, Partners, and “Smart Leadership”: Ukraine’s Opportunities in the China-Russia-West Triangle

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Ukraine can find advantage in geopolitical competition while reducing its sense of disempowerment. The increasingly three-sided competition for influence between China, Russia, and the West has…

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EaP Bulletin No. 13: Devastating acceleration of COVID-19 across the whole of Europe

(3DCFTAs) The global pandemic charges on. In the two and a half months, from the end of September to mid-December, the world total number of infections more than doubled to…

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A New Approach to Conventional Arms Control in Europe

(RAND Research Report) Over 30 years after the end of the Cold War, military tensions have returned to Europe. Both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Russia are boosting their…

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Character Assassination as Strategic Communication in EU-Russia Relations

(Springer) (Co-authored by Sergei Samoilenko) This chapter examines character assassination as a set of strategies used by conflicting parties in international affairs. Specifically, it views character assassination as strategic communication embedded in…

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Studying European margins in the illiberal turn: a spacio-normative approach

(Journal of Contemporary European Studies) (Co-authored with Sandra Fernandes) Abstract: The aim of this special issue is to look at challenges to the EU and NATO and their relations and policies with both…

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Bordering and Identity-Making in Europe After the 2015 Refugee Crisis

(Geopolitics) The existing academic literature is replete with discussions about complex interconnections between borders and identities (Kuusisto-Arponen and Gilmartin 2015; Makarychev 2017). Borders are viewed as producers of texts and discourses,…

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Incomplete Hegemonies, Hybrid Neighbours: Identity Games and Policy Tools

(CEPS; Book Chapter) This paper applies the concepts of hegemony and hybridity as analytical tools to help understand the structural changes taking place within the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries and…

Europe in Crisis: “Old,” “New,” or Incomplete?

(PONARS Policy Memo) In this policy memo, we bring together the results of our recently published research to shed some light on how the idea of Europe has been contested in…

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Haran: Russia’s violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty fostered a feeling of solidarity among Ukrainians

(Ukranian Weekly) Ukrainians were interested in joining the European Union before the Euro-Maidan, but it was not at the top of their list of nation-building priorities. The idea of Ukrainians…

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