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Claiming the diaspora: Russia's compatriot policy and its reception by Estonian-Russian population
(2016)Nearly a decade ago Russia took a turn from declarative compatriot protection discourse to a more programmatic approach consolidating large Russophone1 populations abroad and connecting them more with ... -
Rocking the Sochi Olympics Narrative: Boris Nemtsov and Putin’s Sovereignty
(2016)The authors analyze Nemtsov’s contribution to the Olympic debate from the viewpoint of his public activism, as well as in terms of some concepts embedded in different political theories -
Historia de los Estados bálticos
(Barcelona : Bellaterra, 2016)Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been the battleground for neighbouring powers and the site of intense rivalry, but also interaction, between East and West. A History of the Baltic States masterfully traces the development ... -
Both in-between and out: national sovereignty and cross-border governmentality in the Euro 2012 in Lviv
(London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (New Georgaphies of Europe)., 2016)The chapter focuses on the case of Lviv as a host city of UEFA Cup in 2012, and approaches this case study from the perspective of governmentality -
Russian Speakers in Estonia: Legal, (Bio)Political and Security Insights
(Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan., 2016)The key question this chapter tackles is how two governments, the Russian and the Estonian, tackle a whole range of issues pertaining to the Russian-speaking community of Estonia. The authors single out the legal, political ... -
Ice Hockey World Championship in Belarus: Political Context
(2016)The chapter claims that promotion of mass and elite sport has a special place in Lukashenka’s domestic policies, which made the 2014 Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk a politically important event for the regime. The ... -
The Russian Federation and European Union against Corruption: A Slight Misunderstanding?
(Routledge Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2016)It was hoped that the Partnership for Modernisation would improve the troubled relationship between the Russian Federation and the European Union (EU), but it has fallen far short of expectations. Moreover, the disagreement ... -
Глас народа: украинский конфликт глазами латиноамериканцев
(2016)Анализируя средства массовой информации Латинской Америки и результаты опросов, проведенных в Боливии в декабре 2014 г., автор пытается выявить ключевые моменты дискуссии о событиях в Украине и определить, насколько Россия ... -
Promoting stability in the Middle East? The American alliance with Saudi Arabia after the “Rebalance”
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Why Narva is not next
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How do you tailor diplomatic training? Sizing up peer institutions and their training practices for the Diplomatic School of Armenia
(2016)The Diplomatic School of Armenia (est. in 2009) explored how its peer institutions were organized, how they tailored their training programmes and how any existing structures and practices could be suited for Armenia. This ... -
Stabilizing Dispersed Identities, or Why Politics Defines EU-Russia Disconnections?
(London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2016)This chapter looks at the crisis in EU–Russia relations, with the conflict over Ukraine at its zenith, from the viewpoint of the twin concepts of boundaries and borders deployed at the intersection of competing research ... -
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When Goliath Meets Goliath: How Russia and the EU Created the Vicious Circle of Instability in Moldova
(Global Affairs, 2016)Moldova (like most of the post-Soviet countries) suffers from state capture, endemic corruption and a lack of prosperity. This article examines the policies of the EU and Russia in Moldova and in particular how they have ... -
Russia “Understanders” in Europe: Discourses, Communication, Consequences / Россия и ее «понимающие» союзники: Дискурсы, коммуникация, последствия
(2016)The article discusses how and to what extent non-mainstream political parties in EU member states can be sensitive and responsive to the Kremlin-imposed political agenda -
The Baltic Sea Region: practising security at the overlap of the European and the post-Soviet society of states
(2016)The chapter ‘The Baltic Sea Region: Practicing Security at the Overlap of the European and the Post-Soviet Society of States’ puts forward an interpretative framework for understanding the political dynamics currently on ... -
Charting informal engagement between de facto states: a quantitative analysis
(2016)Although being considered illegal entities and largely ignored, de facto states have received some extent of acceptance such as foreign representations short of embassies located in their capitals. This paper examines the ... -
Russia’s neighbourhood policy: Conflictual contexts and factors of change
(Helsinki: Finnish Institute of International Affairs., 2016)The chapter analyses factors shaping Russia's relations with post-Soviet neighbours in the context of global politics -
The War in Chechnya in Russian Cinematographic Representations: Biopolitical Patriotism in 'Unsovereign' Times
(2016)This paper addresses the intricacies of patriotism during the two wars in Chechnya (1994-1996 and 1999-2000) as represented in Russian cinematographic narratives -
The Europeanization of foreign policy in the face of the Russian disinformation war
(Kaitseväe Ühendatud Õppeasutused, 2016)Since 2014 a key development emerging from the crisis in Ukraine has been the extensive use of various disinformation and propaganda techniques used by Russia against not only Ukraine, but also against the European Union ...