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The Diversification of the Russian Gender Contract and the Conservative Turn Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Olga B. Savinskaya
The essay examines the overlaps and contradictions between the three components of the gender contract in contemporary Russia: government policy and legislation, organisational policies, and indivi...
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Oligarchs, Political Ties and Nomenklatura Capitalism: Introducing a New Dataset Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Ion Marandici
This article examines the relationship between nomenklatura membership, wealth accumulation and political ties across the post-Soviet region from the 1990s to the mid-2010s. It introduces the Post-...
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North Koreans in Russia Between Migrants and Refugees Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Moonyoung Lee
Starting from the premise that North Korean defectors have a dual identity, that of both migrant and refugee, this article examines how and why this duality is intensified in the case of those who ...
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The Politics of (Historical) Love: On Patriotism, National History and the Annexation of Crimea Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Dmitriy Skulskiy
This article shows how the presumed historical importance of ‘unification’ with Crimea ensured Russian public support for its annexation. Based on the analysis of patriotic discourse in Russia, I s...
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The Solidarity Ecosystem in Management: How Women Build and Represent Their Careers in Russia Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Elena Rozhdestvenskaya, Anastasia Voronkova
Women’s business in Russia is distancing itself from feminism. Paradoxically, the discourse of diversity and equality in the corporate ecosystem supports parallel and opposing lines of reasoning: t...
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Social Capital and Organisational Survival in Times of Crisis: A Russian Case Study Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Darya Asaturyan, Leon Kosals
In this article, we focus on both the bright and dark sides of the organisational social capital of Russian manufacturing enterprises and its influence on their economic trajectories after the 2007...
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An Anatomy of Consent: The State and Formerly Deported Peoples in Russia Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Alexander Osipov
The article considers the decline of the organisations representing formerly deported ethnicities in Russia in the 1990s. Despite the favourable political and legal conditions and the broad nationa...
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Technocrats of Continuity: Soviet International Bankers and the Persistence of the State, 1988–2011 Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Sophie Lambroschini
Since the dissolution of the USSR, the Russian state has accommodated private property without abandoning its dominant position. This essay argues that, over two decades stretching from perestroika...
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List of Contributors Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2024-01-30
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 76, No. 1, 2024)
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Rentierism, ‘Capitalist Breakthroughs’ and Non-Transformative Development in Late Putinism Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Sebastian Hoppe
This essay explores ‘territories of accelerated development’ (TORs) to reconstruct the economic policy-making, development institutions and macroeconomic framework of late Putinism since the 2010s....
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Strained Relations in the High North: Steps-to-War Analysis of Conflict Potential in the Arctic Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Tomáš Vlček, Martin Chovančík, Kateřina Uhlířová, Martin Jirušek
Following the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia, tensions have heightened in the international relations and security environment, including the Arctic region. We are witnessing renewed geopoliti...
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Integrating Governor Posts Into the Federal Bureaucratic Structure: Resignation and Post-Tenure Careers of Governors in Russia Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Masatomo Torikai
Authoritarian leaders incorporate key subnational posts into state bureaucratic structures to consolidate their regimes. Exploiting a comprehensive dataset of post-tenure careers of governors in Ru...
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Navigating a ‘Shrinking Space’: Selective In/Visibilities and EU Engagement with Civil Society in Azerbaijan Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Laura Luciani
In a context of legal and political repression, wherein even EU funding came to be politicised, Azerbaijan’s civic space has been shrinking. This article problematises EU engagement with civil soci...
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The Bolsheviks and Britain During the Russian Revolution and Civil War, 1917–24 Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Samantha Lomb
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 10, 2023)
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Making Sense of Dictatorship. Domination and Everyday Life in East Central Europe after 1945 Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Alex Chelegeer
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 10, 2023)
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The Discourse of Conflict and Crisis. Poland’s Political Rhetoric in the European Perspective Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Tingting Hu
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 10, 2023)
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Identities, Borderscapes, Orders. (In)Security, (Im)Mobility and Crisis in the EU and Ukraine Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Sandra Hagelin
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 10, 2023)
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Global Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine. The Economics and Politics of the Second Cold War Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Halil Deligöz
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 10, 2023)
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Anthropology of Transformation. From Europe to Asia and Back Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Abigail Karas
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 10, 2023)
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Books Received Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-12-07
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 10, 2023)
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The Multiethnic Soviet Union and Its Demise Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Jonathan Z. Ludwig
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 10, 2023)
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Everyday War. The Conflict Over Donbas, Ukraine Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Bernardo Teles Fazendeiro
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 10, 2023)
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Brothers at Each Other’s Throats. Regularity of the Violent Ethnic Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Space Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Yana Volkova
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 10, 2023)
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The Russian Dilemma. Security, Vigilance and Relations with the West from Ivan III to Putin Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Filiz Coban Oran
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 10, 2023)
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Nuclear Russia. The Atom in Russian Politics and Culture Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Çiğdem Pekar
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 10, 2023)
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The Politics of (Im)mobility: The Effects of the Pandemic on Movement Across the ‘Contact Line’ in Eastern Ukraine Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Oleksandra Tarkhanova
In March 2020, the ‘contact line’ between the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics and the rest of Ukraine was sealed off. Crossing this de facto border was a precondition and an obstac...
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Assessing the Changing Sino–Russian Relationship: A Longitudinal Analysis of Bilateral Cooperation in the Post-Cold War Period Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Maria Papageorgiou, Alena Vysotskaya Guedes Vieira
The Sino–Russian relationship is of fundamental importance to the global order. Following the question of how this relationship has developed over time—whether it has strengthened, weakened or rema...
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Critical Letter Writing and Deliberation During the Brezhnev Era Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Andrew Buck
This article analyses letters sent by Soviet citizens to newspapers and authorities during the Brezhnev era, supposedly a period of political stagnation. Citizens wrote critical letters, individual...
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Testing a Six-Factor Model on Perceived State Power and Influence: The Case of Romania Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Teodor Lucian Moga, Nadiia Bureiko, Alexandra Gheorghiu, Bogdan-Constantin Ibănescu
This study seeks to invigorate research on state power and influence by focusing on external perceptions. To this end, we quantitatively operationalised a refined theoretical model indicating the p...
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Making and Breaking the Yugoslav Working Class. The Story of Two Self-Managed Factories Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Menta Mora
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 9, 2023)
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Putin’s War on Ukraine. Russia’s Campaign for Global Counter-Revolution Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Mahmoud Javadi
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 9, 2023)
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Russia Rising. Putin’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East and North Africa Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Hasan Selim Özertem
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 9, 2023)
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On the Edge. Life along the Russia–China Border Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Anastasiia Akulich
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 9, 2023)
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Books Received Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-11-08
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 9, 2023)
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European Identities During Wars and Revolutions. Change Under Crises in Georgia and Ukraine Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Clara Weller
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 9, 2023)
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The Routledge Handbook of Gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Sabrina P. Ramet
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 9, 2023)
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Learning, Performance, Fatigue and Regret: Tales of Motherhood on Russian Social Media in the 2010s–2020s Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Olga Isupova
The essay examines changes in the conceptualisation and practice of motherhood in Russia from the 1990s up to the 2020s. From the 1990s, a mother’s obligations towards a child rose sharply in compa...
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All the Roads to Market: The Soviet Union, China and the World Bank’s Narrative of Capitalism Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Mihai Varga
This essay explores the consequences of postcommunist economic reform for narratives about capitalism, using the example of World Bank discourse. It shows how the World Bank’s capitalism narrative ...
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In Opposition, Repression, and Cold War. The Case of the 1956 Student Movement in Timişoara Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Glenn Wasson
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 8, 2023)
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Books Received Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-10-05
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 8, 2023)
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The Bleeding Wound. The Soviet War in Afghanistan and the Collapse of the Soviet System Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Vassily A. Klimentov
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 8, 2023)
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Revolution and Political Violence in Central Europe. The Deluge of 1919 Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Stefan Gužvica
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 8, 2023)
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Gender-Blind and Anti-Feminist: Putin’s Russia as a ‘Norm Antipreneur’ Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Anna Kuteleva
Against the backdrop of the increasing global schisms around gender equality in recent years, the discussion of Russia’s domestic anti-gender politics is coming to the fore. To date, however, littl...
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Hybrid Warriors, Proxies, Freelancers and Moscow’s Struggle for Ukraine; Ukraine’s Revolt. Russia’s Revenge Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Taras Kuzio
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 8, 2023)
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Before and After the Fall. World Politics and the End of the Cold War Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Chi Zhang
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 8, 2023)
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The Putin Predicament. Problems of Legitimacy and Succession in Russia Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Julian G. Waller
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 8, 2023)
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‘We Will Conquer the Motherland’: How Russian Nationalists in Exile Legitimise Their Fight Against Putin’s Regime Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Martin Laryš
After the split amongst Russian nationalists in 2014 over their approach to events in Ukraine, many of them had to leave Russia to avoid repression. Some travelled to Ukraine to support the Ukraini...
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The Geopolitical Role of the Three Seas Initiative: Mackinder’s ‘Middle Tier’ Strategy Redux Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Paolo Pizzolo
Abstract The Three Seas Initiative (TSI) is a forum of Baltic, Black and Adriatic sea countries. In 1919, pioneering British geopolitical theorist Halford J. Mackinder promoted a ‘Middle Tier’ strategy, that paralleled the Polish interwar ‘Intermarium’ project. Today, the United States views the TSI as an asset in the ‘New Europe’, while pro-Atlanticist Central and Eastern European states see it as
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Buddhism, Power, Identity: The Transnational Buryat Buddhist Living Tradition Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Esuna Dugarova
The article views the ethno-cultural map of the Eurasian space through the lens of Buryatia by focusing on its transnational living Buddhist tradition. It discusses the evolution of this tradition ...
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Spatial Revolution. Architecture and Planning in the Early Soviet Union Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Sofia Borushkina
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 7, 2023)
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Imagining the World from Behind the Iron Curtain. Youth and the Global Sixties in Poland Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Johana Kłusek
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 7, 2023)
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The Symbolic State. Minority Recognition, Majority Backlash, and Secession in Multinational Countries Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Patrizia John
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 7, 2023)
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The Sources of Russian Foreign Policy Assertiveness Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Zerrin Torun
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 7, 2023)
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Black Garden Aflame. The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the Soviet and Russian Press Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Vicken Cheterian
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 7, 2023)
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Political Opposition in Authoritarianism. Exit, Voice and Loyalty in Kazakhstan Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Heiko Pleines
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 7, 2023)
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Modernity, Development and Decolonization of Knowledge in Central Asia. Kazakhstan as a Foreign Aid Provider Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Lamine Balde
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 7, 2023)
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Books Received Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-08-31
Published in Europe-Asia Studies (Vol. 75, No. 7, 2023)
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Discrimination Creep, Mandate Expansion and the Politicisation of Romania’s Equality Agency Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Liviu Andreescu, Gabriel Andreescu
Abstract Against the background of literature on equality bodies and bureaucratic expansion, we examine the current crisis of confidence in Romania’s anti-discrimination agency, the National Council for Combating Discrimination (NCCD), a quasi-court. We argue that, through a process of conceptual creep, discrimination has been defined so generously that increasingly trivial acts are now sanctioned
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The Role of Discursive Practices in Public Diplomacy and International Relations: The Case of Russia–Japan Relations Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Ignat Vershinin
Utilising discourse analysis to evaluate Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov’s public speeches as part of public diplomacy, this study deconstructs the discu...
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Media Coverage of Intimate Partner Violence Incidents in Russia Amid the Conservative Turn Europe-Asia Studies (IF 1.18) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Maria Davidenko, Anna Belykh, Anastasia Poretskova
Abstract In the literature, the period 2017–2018 has been identified as a time when feminist discourse emerged in the Russian media, with the topic of domestic violence (DV) as one of the main sub-discourses. This suggests that mainstream media can act as an agent of positive social change in relation to gender issues, even amid a broader ‘conservative turn’. This study interrogates this argument by