Marcin Kosienkowski
Biographic Data
| ID | 2567036 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcin Kosienkowski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcin |
| FAMILY NAME | Kosienkowski |
| SIGNATURE | KOSIENKOWSKI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7827-7371 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Unilateral Sovereignty Referendums by Territorial Autonomies: Motivations and the Case of Gagauzia’s 2014 Referendums
This article focuses on unilateral sovereignty referendums pursued by territorial autonomies. Due to their unilateral character, such referendums are unlikely to gain external recognition and, as a result, fail to effect or prevent any de jure change in sovereignty. However, they are still pursued despite these constraints, suggesting that they serve purposes other than formal changes in sovereignty. To explain this phenomenon, the article propos…
The Functional Dereliction of the Druzhba Cinema in Comrat: A Case Study of a Cultural and National Heritage Site in Post-Soviet Gagauzia
This article investigates the functional dereliction of the Druzhba Cinema in Comrat, the major city in the Gagauz region of Moldova. Built in 1970, the Cinema served as the city’s main cultural center, providing entertainment and a venue for social gatherings. In the early 1990s, it began playing a quasi-governmental role when the separatist Gagauz Republic—the first instance of Gagauz political self-rule—was declared within its walls in 1990. W…
Great Power Competition in Territorial Autonomies: The Case of Gagauzia
Gagauzia is a territorial autonomy in EU-inclined Moldova, primarily inhabited by the Gagauzians, a people of Christian Orthodox faith and Turkic origin. Thus, Gagauzia belongs to three civilizations: Russian, Turkic, and European. This unique position has attracted the attention of Russia, Turkey, and the EU, leading to competition over Gagauzia's civilizational identity. Turkey and the EU aim to bolster Gagauzia's weaker Turkic and European ide…
Russia's Patronage Over Post-Soviet De Facto States: Protecting Compatriots or Geopolitical Interest in Transnistria
Most de facto states have patrons. In Eurasia, Russia serves as such to Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria, as it did to Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. What motivates patronal politics? While constructivists look for answers by studying Russia’s identity, representations and ‘compatriot’ policies and discourse, realists infer Russia’s motives looking at Moscow’s geopolitical interests. As a result, there is no unambiguous answer: …
The Life after Life of the 2006 Transnistrian Sovereignty Referendum
In 2006, the authorities of the de facto state of Transnistria unilaterally held a sovereignty referendum. Almost all voters supported Transnistria gaining internationally recognized independence and subsequently integrating/associating with Russia. Despite such clear results, the poll was not recognized internationally and, consequently, not implemented. However, this was not a problem for the Transnistrian leadership, since the primary objectiv…
Client De Facto States and Quasi-Patrons: Insights from the Relationship Between Somaliland and Ethiopia
De facto states need external support to advance their national interests. Many of them depend on their patron's assistance, thus becoming their clients. In turn, patronless de facto states derive certain benefits from engaging with various external actors. This study proposes including a new category of actors in this group, namely quasi-patrons, whose relations with de facto states resemble the patron—client relationship. This means that patron…
The 2006 Sovereignty Referendum in Transnistria: A Device for Electoral Advantage
On 17 September 2006, the leadership of Transnistria unilaterally held a sovereignty referendum, despite knowing it would not be implemented. It means it was driven by other motives than the reallocation of sovereignty. Drawing on a new suite of sources, including interviews with Transnistrian elites and Russian journalism, this paper argues that the primary motivation behind the poll was the desire of Transnistria’s President Igor Smirnov to dom…
The Russian World as a legitimation strategy outside Russia: The case of Gagauzia
The Russian World, or Russian civilization, is an ideology proclaiming the existence of an imagined transnational community of people living primarily in the post-Soviet area and identifying themselves with Russia in various ways. Since the 2000s, it has been employed by the Russian authorities to procure legitimacy domestically and in the international arena. This study argues that also leaders of various communities in the post-Soviet area outs…
The Gagauz Republic: An Autonomism-Driven De Facto State
The post-Soviet area is a home for a several de facto states, which are entities that resemble “normal” states but lack international recognition. This paper examines a historical case study of the Gagauz Republic (Gagauzia), a de facto state that existed on the territory of Soviet and then independent Moldova between 1990 and 1995. Whilst the prevailing view in the literature on de facto states is that these entities strive for internationally r…
The Gagauz Republic: An Autonomism-Driven De Facto State
The post-Soviet area is a home for a several de facto states, which are entities that resemble “normal” states but lack international recognition. This paper examines a historical case study of the Gagauz Republic (Gagauzia), a de facto state that existed on the territory of Soviet and then independent Moldova between 1990 and 1995. Whilst the prevailing view in the literature on de facto states is that these entities strive for internationally r…
The 2006 Sovereignty Referendum in Transnistria: A Device for Electoral Advantage
On 17 September 2006, the leadership of Transnistria unilaterally held a sovereignty referendum, despite knowing it would not be implemented. It means it was driven by other motives than the reallocation of sovereignty. Drawing on a new suite of sources, including interviews with Transnistrian elites and Russian journalism, this paper argues that the primary motivation behind the poll was the desire of Transnistria’s President Igor Smirnov to dom…
Client De Facto States and Quasi-Patrons: Insights from the Relationship Between Somaliland and Ethiopia
De facto states need external support to advance their national interests. Many of them depend on their patron's assistance, thus becoming their clients. In turn, patronless de facto states derive certain benefits from engaging with various external actors. This study proposes including a new category of actors in this group, namely quasi-patrons, whose relations with de facto states resemble the patron—client relationship. This means that patron…
The Russian World as a legitimation strategy outside Russia: The case of Gagauzia
The Russian World, or Russian civilization, is an ideology proclaiming the existence of an imagined transnational community of people living primarily in the post-Soviet area and identifying themselves with Russia in various ways. Since the 2000s, it has been employed by the Russian authorities to procure legitimacy domestically and in the international arena. This study argues that also leaders of various communities in the post-Soviet area outs…
The Life after Life of the 2006 Transnistrian Sovereignty Referendum
In 2006, the authorities of the de facto state of Transnistria unilaterally held a sovereignty referendum. Almost all voters supported Transnistria gaining internationally recognized independence and subsequently integrating/associating with Russia. Despite such clear results, the poll was not recognized internationally and, consequently, not implemented. However, this was not a problem for the Transnistrian leadership, since the primary objectiv…
The Gagauz Republic: An Autonomism-Driven De Facto State
The post-Soviet area is a home for a several de facto states, which are entities that resemble “normal” states but lack international recognition. This paper examines a historical case study of the Gagauz Republic (Gagauzia), a de facto state that existed on the territory of Soviet and then independent Moldova between 1990 and 1995. Whilst the prevailing view in the literature on de facto states is that these entities strive for internationally r…
The Russian World as a legitimation strategy outside Russia: The case of Gagauzia
The Russian World, or Russian civilization, is an ideology proclaiming the existence of an imagined transnational community of people living primarily in the post-Soviet area and identifying themselves with Russia in various ways. Since the 2000s, it has been employed by the Russian authorities to procure legitimacy domestically and in the international arena. This study argues that also leaders of various communities in the post-Soviet area outs…
The 2006 Sovereignty Referendum in Transnistria: A Device for Electoral Advantage
On 17 September 2006, the leadership of Transnistria unilaterally held a sovereignty referendum, despite knowing it would not be implemented. It means it was driven by other motives than the reallocation of sovereignty. Drawing on a new suite of sources, including interviews with Transnistrian elites and Russian journalism, this paper argues that the primary motivation behind the poll was the desire of Transnistria’s President Igor Smirnov to dom…
Client De Facto States and Quasi-Patrons: Insights from the Relationship Between Somaliland and Ethiopia
De facto states need external support to advance their national interests. Many of them depend on their patron's assistance, thus becoming their clients. In turn, patronless de facto states derive certain benefits from engaging with various external actors. This study proposes including a new category of actors in this group, namely quasi-patrons, whose relations with de facto states resemble the patron—client relationship. This means that patron…
The Life after Life of the 2006 Transnistrian Sovereignty Referendum
In 2006, the authorities of the de facto state of Transnistria unilaterally held a sovereignty referendum. Almost all voters supported Transnistria gaining internationally recognized independence and subsequently integrating/associating with Russia. Despite such clear results, the poll was not recognized internationally and, consequently, not implemented. However, this was not a problem for the Transnistrian leadership, since the primary objectiv…
The Functional Dereliction of the Druzhba Cinema in Comrat: A Case Study of a Cultural and National Heritage Site in Post-Soviet Gagauzia
This article investigates the functional dereliction of the Druzhba Cinema in Comrat, the major city in the Gagauz region of Moldova. Built in 1970, the Cinema served as the city’s main cultural center, providing entertainment and a venue for social gatherings. In the early 1990s, it began playing a quasi-governmental role when the separatist Gagauz Republic—the first instance of Gagauz political self-rule—was declared within its walls in 1990. W…
Great Power Competition in Territorial Autonomies: The Case of Gagauzia
Gagauzia is a territorial autonomy in EU-inclined Moldova, primarily inhabited by the Gagauzians, a people of Christian Orthodox faith and Turkic origin. Thus, Gagauzia belongs to three civilizations: Russian, Turkic, and European. This unique position has attracted the attention of Russia, Turkey, and the EU, leading to competition over Gagauzia's civilizational identity. Turkey and the EU aim to bolster Gagauzia's weaker Turkic and European ide…
Russia's Patronage Over Post-Soviet De Facto States: Protecting Compatriots or Geopolitical Interest in Transnistria
Most de facto states have patrons. In Eurasia, Russia serves as such to Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria, as it did to Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. What motivates patronal politics? While constructivists look for answers by studying Russia’s identity, representations and ‘compatriot’ policies and discourse, realists infer Russia’s motives looking at Moscow’s geopolitical interests. As a result, there is no unambiguous answer: …
Unilateral Sovereignty Referendums by Territorial Autonomies: Motivations and the Case of Gagauzia’s 2014 Referendums
This article focuses on unilateral sovereignty referendums pursued by territorial autonomies. Due to their unilateral character, such referendums are unlikely to gain external recognition and, as a result, fail to effect or prevent any de jure change in sovereignty. However, they are still pursued despite these constraints, suggesting that they serve purposes other than formal changes in sovereignty. To explain this phenomenon, the article propos…
Political science (8 works) · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · De facto (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · State (computer science (5 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Business (3 works)