Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies | CCEIS

Publications

• Book

  Son Z.

  The Russian Koreans in the 1920s and 1930s. An Ethnic Community in the Face of Soviet Power

  This book offers the first comprehensive exploration of the history of Soviet Koreans (1920s-1930s), focusing into their experiences in the USSR. It examines the impact of Stalin's foreign and domestic policies on
  Soviet Koreans, their role in the socio-economic development of the Far East, and their contributions to the Red Army, as well as the cultural and educational aspects of their lives. Key themes include the political repression of Soviet Koreans during Stalin’s era and their subsequent rehabilitation in the Russian Federation.

  
  

  Brill, 2025.

• Article

  Kharina O., Strelnikova I.

  Арктическая повестка Китая и перспективы сотрудничества Китая и России в Арктике

  This article focuses on the cooperation between Russia and China in the Arctic region. The aim of this study is to examine China’s current and prospective policies in the Arctic, as well as the potential for Sino-Russian cooperation in the Arctic following the onset of the special military operation in Ukraine, with an emphasis on economic and geopolitical factors. Since the beginning of the special military operation in 2022, the structure of international relations has undergone rapid transformation. These changes have also impacted the Arctic region. The deterioration of Russia’s relations with the West, along with Russia’s withdrawal from the Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) in the fall of 2023, laid the groundwork for Russia’s so-called Arctic pivot to the East. This Arctic pivot has primarily benefitted China, which has been steadily increasing its involvement in Arctic affairs over the past three decades. China and Russia have similar security interests in the matter of expansion of NATO’s presence in polar nations. Furthermore, China relies on Russia to safeguard its energy interests, while Russia reciprocally attracts investment from China. Despite the relatively low conversion rate of China’s B&R initiative in Russia, the collaboration between these two major powers China and Russia has emerged as an inexorable trajectory, and is likely to shape the economic and geopolitical landscape of the region in the coming years.

  Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies. 2026. No. 18 (1). P. 233-242.

• Book chapter

  Kuliyeva N.

  The Role of the “Middle Powers” in Shaping the New International System: The Case of Türkiye

  Within the new multipolar international system the role of non-Western centers of power increased dramatically. The middle powers began to undergo a new stage of transformation of behavior and positioning within the international system. Against this background, Turkey began to position itself as a “transregional” power. This status of Türkiye is manifested in the spread of influence in three priority areas: Islamic, post-Ottoman and Turkic/post-Soviet. The purpose of this chapter is to examine the evolution of Türkiye's international positioning and to justify the place that it is striving for within the modern international system during the period of the Justice and Development Party (JDP) in power. An excessively ambitious foreign policy for a middle power can be considered untenable due to a number of systemic and internal factors. However, although Türkiye's attempts to change its international status are not sufficient to achieve the status of a global power, they create the basis for reconsidering the approach to Türkiye as a middle power.

  In bk.: Shifting Power Dynamics in International Relations: From Unipolar Hegemony to Multipolarity. IGI Global Scientific Publishing, 2026. Ch. 15. P. 351-370.

• Working paper

  Shein S., Ryzhkin E.

  Towards A Common Vision? Populist Radical Right Parties’ Positions On The Eu Common Foreign And Security Policy Towards Russia

  The growth of populism in the EU member states, as a large-scale internal challenge to the European integration project, has a projection on foreign policy of both national states and the European Union. The EU foreign policy, towards Russia, is the area where the deviation of populist programs and strategies from the positions of the mainstream is most clearly manifested. In this regard, it is necessary to determine the foreign policy orientations of the populist radical right parties of the EU member states regarding the EU foreign policy, towards Russia, and opportunities for their synchronization. The main conclusion of this research is that populist foreign policy orientations highlight the internal heterogeneity of the populist phenomenon. Populism in power and in opposition does not have the capacity to change the EU's foreign policy towards Russia. The nature of populism as an ideology, the instrumental use by right populists of the “theme of Russia” for “internal consumption”, and their mainstreaming in power are a significant barrier to the real challenge of the EU policy towards Russia

  Political Science. PS. Высшая школа экономики, 2022. No. 89.