Serghei Golunov
Biographic Data
| ID | 3759663 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Serghei Golunov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Serghei |
| FAMILY NAME | Golunov |
| SIGNATURE | GOLUNOV S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Süleyman Demirel University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5859-576X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Kazakhstan’s Cross-Border Cooperation in Central Asia: Insights from European and North American Experience
This study explores the applicability of cross-border cooperation ( CBC ) experiences from the European Union and North America (the U.S., Canada, and Mexico) to Kazakhstan’s border relations with neighboring Central Asian countries (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan). It argues that the authoritarian and centralized governance typical of Central Asia, combined with limited fiscal capacity, restricts the direct transfer of Western CBC temp…
Beyond Eurocentrism: Rethinking Cross-Border Cooperation in a Global Context
This paper analyses the limitations of Eurocentric approaches to cross-border cooperation (CBC) studies, arguing that the European experience should not serve as a universal conceptual or practical benchmark. Globally, European CBC is more the exception than the rule, shaped by favorable conditions: strong political backing for regional integration, a democratic environment enabling cross-border interaction, legal frameworks supporting CBC instit…
Water Security of the Kazakhstan-Russia Border River Basins: Kazakhstan’s Perspective
Introduction. The article analyzes water security issues in river basins of the Kazakhstan-Russia border region, as well as transboundary cooperation in this area. These issues are analyzed from a Kazakhstani perspective, which has distinct characteristics compared to the Russian perspective but cannot be considered without taking the latter into account. Methods and materials. The study is based on the concept of water security. For the first ti…
Russian border security: Trends of post-soviet transformation
After the disintegration of the USSR, Russia confronted the task of reforming its border security policy, which had previously emphasized stringent control over both inbound and outbound cross-border movements. This challenge was further compounded by the unprecedented management of 13 thousand kilometers of newly established borders with other states of the former Soviet Union. This article examines the evolving trends in Russian border security…
Russian Border Controls in Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Social, Political, and Economic Implications
The article considers the role of Russian border controls in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, including its impacts on immigration and customs controls and on cross-border social and economic activities. Although in March 2020 Russian border controls proved to be insufficient, they still were used as one of the main tools for immobilizing people. The sanitary bordered order contributed to social exclusion of marginalized groups. Meanwhile, t…
Pandemic Borders of Post-Soviet De Facto States
The article focuses on the phenomenon of post-Soviet de facto borders (viz. the borders of Abkhazia, the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Lugansk People’s Republic, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, and Transnistria) in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The author outlines similarities and differences of these de facto borders in comparison with internationally recognized ones and compares border policies implemented by individual post-Soviet…
Balancing Between Legality and Illegality: Russian Import of Japanese Used Cars and Unauthorized Export of Russian Marine Bioresources to Japan
This article focuses on two main issues: the ability of informal cross-border entrepreneurs to avoid restrictions imposed by a government, and governmental capacity to make these restrictions work efficiently in the long term. Two kinds of informal trade activities between Russia and Japan-import of used cars and trafficking of marine bioresources-are taken as case studies. I argue that in both cases informal cross-border traders have tried to ex…
Shuttle Trade across Russia’s Borders with the Baltic States and Poland: Between Tolerance and Suppression
The paper focuses on the phenomenon of borderland shuttle trade across Russia’s borders with Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. I argue that borderland shuttle trade is more sustainable in comparison with long-haul shuttle trade, as the former gives entrepreneurs more flexibility, involves fewer transaction costs, and can rely on the extensive support of borderland communities. At the same time, it has some specific vulnerabilities, and its …
Organizing against Border Barriers: The Case of EU-Russian Border
Those who have to cross “hard” borders face many problems on their way, including arbitrary and unjust treatment by consular and border guard officers, protracted and nitpicking inspections and extortion by customs officers, and huge traffic congestions. This article examines the extent to which various categories of people crossing the European Union-Russian border can self-organize in order to act together and be heard better for solving these …
Practical Relevance as an Issue for Contemporary Border Studies
Although border issues are a matter of importance for a large number of people, contemporary Border Studies (dominated by the intertwining of post-modernist, constructivist, and critical approaches) is little preoccupied with finding viable practical solutions, focusing instead on conceptualising the essence of borders and border processes. Meanwhile, previous Border Studies was a practically-oriented discipline focused on helping practitioners d…
The EU-Russian Borderland: New Contexts for Regional Cooperation
The EU-Russian Borderland: New Contexts for Regional Cooperation." Journal of Borderlands Studies, 29(4), pp. 517–518
EU-Russian Border Crossing: The Dialogical Perspective
Mainstream post-positivist approaches to Border Studies typically represent national borders as losing their importance or blurring. This insight usually fails to grasp the perspective of those who have to cross ‘hard’ borders, for whom these borders are primarily ‘hard facts’ quite precisely restricting territorial limits of their movement. Aiming to take this perspective and practical problems experienced by such border crossers into account, t…
EU-Russian Border Security: Challenges, (Mis)perceptions, and Responses
The land border between Russia and the European Union is one of the longest land borders in the world, with very considerable trade flowing across the border in both directions. This book examines the nature of the EU-Russia border, and the issues connected with its management. It describes the territories and the societies on each side of the border, discusses the challenges which confront border management, including migration and criminal acti…
EU-Russian border security: Challenges, (mis)perceptions, and responses
1. Introduction 2. Border Security: Towards Conceptualization 3. EU-Russian Border(land): Characteristics and Representations 4. Immigration as a Security Issue 5. Smuggling and Grey Trade 6. Border Protection: Strategies, Achievements, and Side Effects 7. Conclusion
Border Policies Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Towards Conceptualisation
Russian Border Controls in Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Social, Political, and Economic Implications
The article considers the role of Russian border controls in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, including its impacts on immigration and customs controls and on cross-border social and economic activities. Although in March 2020 Russian border controls proved to be insufficient, they still were used as one of the main tools for immobilizing people. The sanitary bordered order contributed to social exclusion of marginalized groups. Meanwhile, t…
Pandemic Borders of Post-Soviet De Facto States
The article focuses on the phenomenon of post-Soviet de facto borders (viz. the borders of Abkhazia, the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Lugansk People’s Republic, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, and Transnistria) in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The author outlines similarities and differences of these de facto borders in comparison with internationally recognized ones and compares border policies implemented by individual post-Soviet…
Shuttle Trade across Russia’s Borders with the Baltic States and Poland: Between Tolerance and Suppression
The paper focuses on the phenomenon of borderland shuttle trade across Russia’s borders with Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. I argue that borderland shuttle trade is more sustainable in comparison with long-haul shuttle trade, as the former gives entrepreneurs more flexibility, involves fewer transaction costs, and can rely on the extensive support of borderland communities. At the same time, it has some specific vulnerabilities, and its …
Organizing against Border Barriers: The Case of EU-Russian Border
Those who have to cross “hard” borders face many problems on their way, including arbitrary and unjust treatment by consular and border guard officers, protracted and nitpicking inspections and extortion by customs officers, and huge traffic congestions. This article examines the extent to which various categories of people crossing the European Union-Russian border can self-organize in order to act together and be heard better for solving these …
EU-Russian Border Crossing: The Dialogical Perspective
Mainstream post-positivist approaches to Border Studies typically represent national borders as losing their importance or blurring. This insight usually fails to grasp the perspective of those who have to cross ‘hard’ borders, for whom these borders are primarily ‘hard facts’ quite precisely restricting territorial limits of their movement. Aiming to take this perspective and practical problems experienced by such border crossers into account, t…
Border Policies Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Towards Conceptualisation
EU-Russian Border Security: Challenges, (Mis)perceptions, and Responses
The land border between Russia and the European Union is one of the longest land borders in the world, with very considerable trade flowing across the border in both directions. This book examines the nature of the EU-Russia border, and the issues connected with its management. It describes the territories and the societies on each side of the border, discusses the challenges which confront border management, including migration and criminal acti…
EU-Russian border security: Challenges, (mis)perceptions, and responses
1. Introduction 2. Border Security: Towards Conceptualization 3. EU-Russian Border(land): Characteristics and Representations 4. Immigration as a Security Issue 5. Smuggling and Grey Trade 6. Border Protection: Strategies, Achievements, and Side Effects 7. Conclusion
EU-Russian Border Crossing: The Dialogical Perspective
Mainstream post-positivist approaches to Border Studies typically represent national borders as losing their importance or blurring. This insight usually fails to grasp the perspective of those who have to cross ‘hard’ borders, for whom these borders are primarily ‘hard facts’ quite precisely restricting territorial limits of their movement. Aiming to take this perspective and practical problems experienced by such border crossers into account, t…
Practical Relevance as an Issue for Contemporary Border Studies
Although border issues are a matter of importance for a large number of people, contemporary Border Studies (dominated by the intertwining of post-modernist, constructivist, and critical approaches) is little preoccupied with finding viable practical solutions, focusing instead on conceptualising the essence of borders and border processes. Meanwhile, previous Border Studies was a practically-oriented discipline focused on helping practitioners d…
The EU-Russian Borderland: New Contexts for Regional Cooperation
The EU-Russian Borderland: New Contexts for Regional Cooperation." Journal of Borderlands Studies, 29(4), pp. 517–518
Organizing against Border Barriers: The Case of EU-Russian Border
Those who have to cross “hard” borders face many problems on their way, including arbitrary and unjust treatment by consular and border guard officers, protracted and nitpicking inspections and extortion by customs officers, and huge traffic congestions. This article examines the extent to which various categories of people crossing the European Union-Russian border can self-organize in order to act together and be heard better for solving these …
Shuttle Trade across Russia’s Borders with the Baltic States and Poland: Between Tolerance and Suppression
The paper focuses on the phenomenon of borderland shuttle trade across Russia’s borders with Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. I argue that borderland shuttle trade is more sustainable in comparison with long-haul shuttle trade, as the former gives entrepreneurs more flexibility, involves fewer transaction costs, and can rely on the extensive support of borderland communities. At the same time, it has some specific vulnerabilities, and its …
Balancing Between Legality and Illegality: Russian Import of Japanese Used Cars and Unauthorized Export of Russian Marine Bioresources to Japan
This article focuses on two main issues: the ability of informal cross-border entrepreneurs to avoid restrictions imposed by a government, and governmental capacity to make these restrictions work efficiently in the long term. Two kinds of informal trade activities between Russia and Japan-import of used cars and trafficking of marine bioresources-are taken as case studies. I argue that in both cases informal cross-border traders have tried to ex…
Russian Border Controls in Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Social, Political, and Economic Implications
The article considers the role of Russian border controls in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, including its impacts on immigration and customs controls and on cross-border social and economic activities. Although in March 2020 Russian border controls proved to be insufficient, they still were used as one of the main tools for immobilizing people. The sanitary bordered order contributed to social exclusion of marginalized groups. Meanwhile, t…
Pandemic Borders of Post-Soviet De Facto States
The article focuses on the phenomenon of post-Soviet de facto borders (viz. the borders of Abkhazia, the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Lugansk People’s Republic, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, and Transnistria) in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The author outlines similarities and differences of these de facto borders in comparison with internationally recognized ones and compares border policies implemented by individual post-Soviet…
Russian border security: Trends of post-soviet transformation
After the disintegration of the USSR, Russia confronted the task of reforming its border security policy, which had previously emphasized stringent control over both inbound and outbound cross-border movements. This challenge was further compounded by the unprecedented management of 13 thousand kilometers of newly established borders with other states of the former Soviet Union. This article examines the evolving trends in Russian border security…
Water Security of the Kazakhstan-Russia Border River Basins: Kazakhstan’s Perspective
Introduction. The article analyzes water security issues in river basins of the Kazakhstan-Russia border region, as well as transboundary cooperation in this area. These issues are analyzed from a Kazakhstani perspective, which has distinct characteristics compared to the Russian perspective but cannot be considered without taking the latter into account. Methods and materials. The study is based on the concept of water security. For the first ti…
Beyond Eurocentrism: Rethinking Cross-Border Cooperation in a Global Context
This paper analyses the limitations of Eurocentric approaches to cross-border cooperation (CBC) studies, arguing that the European experience should not serve as a universal conceptual or practical benchmark. Globally, European CBC is more the exception than the rule, shaped by favorable conditions: strong political backing for regional integration, a democratic environment enabling cross-border interaction, legal frameworks supporting CBC instit…
Kazakhstan’s Cross-Border Cooperation in Central Asia: Insights from European and North American Experience
This study explores the applicability of cross-border cooperation ( CBC ) experiences from the European Union and North America (the U.S., Canada, and Mexico) to Kazakhstan’s border relations with neighboring Central Asian countries (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan). It argues that the authoritarian and centralized governance typical of Central Asia, combined with limited fiscal capacity, restricts the direct transfer of Western CBC temp…
Political science (12 works) · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · International trade (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Border Security (4 works)