Russian Nationalism and the Crisis of Words
(Co-authored by Andrey Makarychev and Olga Gulina) The Russian model of multiculturalism is in crisis having recently proven itself to be a mixture of intolerance, xenophobia, and racism. These sentiments…
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Povetkin vs. Klitschko Boxing Spectacle: A Mirror into Russia-Ukraine Relations?
Guest post by Boris Lanin and Lana Lanina — Russia’s relations with Ukraine are overloaded with political symbolism, even more so as we get closer to the November Vilnius Eastern…
German-Polish-Russian Isometrics
EU-Russia relations, as many in Europe reckon, suffer from a lack of proper communication. This may sound paradoxical in an era of social media connectivity and cross-national mobility, with NGOs…
Regionalism and Identities in the Common Neighborhood: European and Russian Discourses
(CEURUS Working Paper) In this working paper I will argue that the key factor determining the EU’s and Russia’s policy tools is their status of either insiders or outsiders in…
Eastern Partnerships: Is Germany Driving or Riding?
The more German experts discuss the recent Bundestag election, the more paradoxes they unveil. For example, many note that Germany has become more Euro-sceptic even though they predict that the…
The Politics of Sports Mega-Events in Russia: Kazan, Sochi, and Beyond
One of the most visible aspects of Russia’s path to globalization is the country’s hosting of large international sporting events. In July 2013, Kazan hosted the World Student Games (the…
Is “Non-Western Theory” Possible? The Idea of Multipolarity and the Trap of Epistemological Relativism in Russian IR
(Journal Article) Abstract: An important recent development in the discipline of International Relations (IR) has been the growing interest in the national schools and “non-core” theorizing. Even though this interest…
Euro-Expert Insight: No Change in Germany’s Russia Policy; But New Nuances toward Ukraine
On the eve of the September 22, 2013 parliamentary elections in Germany, I asked some German colleagues whether the already-finished campaign had any effect on German’s foreign policy, particularly regarding…
The Culture of Protest: Counter-Hegemonic Performances in Putin’s Russia
(Book Review) The Culture of Protest: Counter-Hegemonic Performances in Putin’s Russia is a review of Mischa Gabowitsh’s Putin kaputt!? Russlands neue Protestkultur, a monographic study of the protest movement that…
How Many Legal Regimes Are There in Russia?
(by Olga Gulina) For years, Russian experts wrote about regional differentiations in federal regulations. Indeed, Russia is far from being a unified or homogenous state, rather it is an increasingly…