Ivan A Zakharov
Biographic Data
| ID | 4143554 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ivan A Zakharov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ivan A |
| FAMILY NAME | Zakharov |
| SIGNATURE | ZAKHAROV I A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3838-169X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Social Mission of Religious Organizations in Africa: New Challenges and Potential Limitations
This paper addresses the challenges of state oversight relating to the non-religious activities of religious actors in Africa, whose growing influence allowed them to transform into an alternative to state institutions. In the analysis of this phenomenon, the authors use religious economy theory (religious market), which evaluates a religious organization’s competitiveness by its capacity to attract followers. A measurable indicator of such compe…
Expanding the Frontier of Christianization: Non-Cult Activities of Religious Organizations in South Omo, Ethiopia
The article examines the main directions of non-cult activities of Christian organizations in frontier regions, using South Omo zone (the South Ethiopia Regional State) as an example. The research is based on indepth interviews with religious leaders conducted during field research in Hamar Woreda. There are 35 types of non-cult work implemented primarily by large churches that have a long-term presence in the region. Projects in the fields of ed…
Migration Crisis in West Africa: Limits and Prospects of Political Regulation
The study examines the limits and prospects of political regulation of the migration crisis in West Africa. The authors characterize the migration situation in the countries of the region, analyze the available political instruments of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that facilitate the migration processes in the region. Furthermore, the efficacy of these instruments in addressing the growing number of refugees and internal…
Externalisation of Asylum Policy in the UK after Brexit
The article explores the approaches and tools the UK disposes of to address an increasing number of asylum seekers and illegal migrants in a post-Brexit environment. The study is based on legislative and regulatory acts regulating the UK’s asylum policy, as well as international agreements and action plans that enable the externalization of the asylum policy. It is shown that it took the UK a rather short time to put in place a reformed legal fra…
Pentecostalism and New Social Movements: ENDSARS Protests in Nigeria
Pentecostalism is one of the fastest growing branches of Christianity in the world. In some regions it claims to be a significant player in political and public life. The number of Pentecostals is growing steadily in the countries of South America, Asia, and Africa. Studying the role of the Pentecostal mobilization potential in the protest movements can give deeper understanding of what is going on in these macro-regions as they play a significan…
Water scarcity as a factor in conflict in Ethiopia: National, Regional, and Local Levels
The article aims to determine the role of water scarcity in conflicts in Ethiopia. The author analyzes factors of water scarcity and the peculiarities of conflict localization in Ethiopia combining a quantitative and qualitative approach. The first approach is based on databases and reports on water resources, and conflicts in Ethiopia. The Second derives from the materials collected during a field study in the South Omo Zone, Hamar Woreda, in 20…
Reform of the Asylum Policy and Control of Illegal Migration: Pan- European and Polish Approaches
This article considers the development of pan-European and Polish asylum policy and control of illegal migration after the peak of the migration crisis in 2015–16. A sharp increase in the migration burden on the European Union (EU) during this period revealed systemic problems of political regulation of migration in the EU and provoked a confrontation of the interests of national and supranational actors. Despite the decline of migration flows fr…
Ethiopia: Reaction of the Religious Landscape to the Change in Religious Policy in the Middle of the 19th – early 21st Centuries
The article analyzes the changes in the state policy of Ethiopia towards religious organizations in 1855–1991 and how it impacted the structure of the state’s religious landscape. Reviled that the position of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) changed dramatically. In 1855–1930 EOC enjoyed broad support from the authorities, which install the principle "One country, one faith". At that time, three confessional zones were formed: the Northwestern…
Ethiopia: Pentecost and Sidam's Political Self-Determination
Образование региона Сидама в Эфиопии в 2020 г., запустившее процесс дробления административно-территориального деления страны, обычно рассматривается с точки зрения этнических и этнополитических процессов. Автором показано, что важную роль в политическом самоопределении сидама сыграл и религиозный фактор, действие которого усилилось в результате поляризации конфессионального пространства Эфиопии. Установлено, что распространение среди этого народ…
The expansion of Pentecostalism in Africa
The article attempts to give a comprehensive description of the spatial dynamics of Pentecostalism in Africa based on extensive religious data that covers 1906-2015 period on country level. The uneven contribution of African countries to the growth of Pentecostals in the macroregion was estimated in accordance with the compound annual growth rate of this faith-group. This indicator was also used to quantify the impact of demographic, migration an…
State Regulation of the Activities of Faith-Based Organizations in African Countries in the Late 20th — Early 21st Centuries: Macro-Regional Tendencies
The article focuses on reasons and manifestations of restrictive policies on the operation of religious and faith-based organizations (FBO) on the example of Africa. The problem is regarded as a result of (1) intensification of religious competition during the transformation of the African religious landscape, and (2) developing self-reliance and efficiency of religious organizations and FBO’s throughout the implementation of the “humanitarian” o…
Moblization potential of Pentecostalism in modern Africa
The article aims to examine the mobilizational potential of Pentecostalism - one of the fastest growing and the largest branches of Christianity in Africa. The obtained results indicate a high mobilization potential of African Pentecostalism, yet it has some features and limitations. Its exploitation is connected with a duality that lies in the internal heterogeneity, the doctrinal peculiarities of the waves of Pentecostalism. This defines multis…
African Focus of The Global Sanctions Policy: Historical Stages
Africa remains the largest object of global sanctions policy, which is due to political instability and conflicts, but also to the great geopolitical and geo-economic significance of this continent for the former metropolises and other Western countries. In accordance with the historical and political context of Africa’s development and the available data we distinguish three stages of the sanctions policy towards this macroregion: The Cold War, …
Spatial Expansion of Islamic Extremism in the Lake Chad Basin: Current Situation and Prospective Directions
The article discusses the expansion of the Islamic extremist groups (especially Boko Haram) in the Lake Chad basin countries. The geopolitical zones and states of Nigeria, regions of Niger and Cameroon, macro-regions of Chad were selected as the territorial range. The religious affiliation data has been compiled from the DHS-database. Income levels and literacy rates were evaluated indirectly using body mass index and the degree of age-heaping (m…
Low Variability of the Polg (CAG) n Repeat in North Eurasian Populations
We investigated the frequency of different repeat-length alleles of the trinucleotide CAG microsatellite repeat in the coding sequence of the nuclear gene for the catalytic subunit of mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma (POLG) in 12 ethnic groups from northern Eurasia. The population sample consisted of 1,330 individuals from 3 large geographic areas: Europe, Southwest Asia, and Siberia/East Asia. We found that the 10-repeat allele of the POLG gen…
Water scarcity as a factor in conflict in Ethiopia: National, Regional, and Local Levels
The article aims to determine the role of water scarcity in conflicts in Ethiopia. The author analyzes factors of water scarcity and the peculiarities of conflict localization in Ethiopia combining a quantitative and qualitative approach. The first approach is based on databases and reports on water resources, and conflicts in Ethiopia. The Second derives from the materials collected during a field study in the South Omo Zone, Hamar Woreda, in 20…
Low Variability of the Polg (CAG) n Repeat in North Eurasian Populations
We investigated the frequency of different repeat-length alleles of the trinucleotide CAG microsatellite repeat in the coding sequence of the nuclear gene for the catalytic subunit of mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma (POLG) in 12 ethnic groups from northern Eurasia. The population sample consisted of 1,330 individuals from 3 large geographic areas: Europe, Southwest Asia, and Siberia/East Asia. We found that the 10-repeat allele of the POLG gen…
Spatial Expansion of Islamic Extremism in the Lake Chad Basin: Current Situation and Prospective Directions
The article discusses the expansion of the Islamic extremist groups (especially Boko Haram) in the Lake Chad basin countries. The geopolitical zones and states of Nigeria, regions of Niger and Cameroon, macro-regions of Chad were selected as the territorial range. The religious affiliation data has been compiled from the DHS-database. Income levels and literacy rates were evaluated indirectly using body mass index and the degree of age-heaping (m…
African Focus of The Global Sanctions Policy: Historical Stages
Africa remains the largest object of global sanctions policy, which is due to political instability and conflicts, but also to the great geopolitical and geo-economic significance of this continent for the former metropolises and other Western countries. In accordance with the historical and political context of Africa’s development and the available data we distinguish three stages of the sanctions policy towards this macroregion: The Cold War, …
Ethiopia: Pentecost and Sidam's Political Self-Determination
Образование региона Сидама в Эфиопии в 2020 г., запустившее процесс дробления административно-территориального деления страны, обычно рассматривается с точки зрения этнических и этнополитических процессов. Автором показано, что важную роль в политическом самоопределении сидама сыграл и религиозный фактор, действие которого усилилось в результате поляризации конфессионального пространства Эфиопии. Установлено, что распространение среди этого народ…
The expansion of Pentecostalism in Africa
The article attempts to give a comprehensive description of the spatial dynamics of Pentecostalism in Africa based on extensive religious data that covers 1906-2015 period on country level. The uneven contribution of African countries to the growth of Pentecostals in the macroregion was estimated in accordance with the compound annual growth rate of this faith-group. This indicator was also used to quantify the impact of demographic, migration an…
State Regulation of the Activities of Faith-Based Organizations in African Countries in the Late 20th — Early 21st Centuries: Macro-Regional Tendencies
The article focuses on reasons and manifestations of restrictive policies on the operation of religious and faith-based organizations (FBO) on the example of Africa. The problem is regarded as a result of (1) intensification of religious competition during the transformation of the African religious landscape, and (2) developing self-reliance and efficiency of religious organizations and FBO’s throughout the implementation of the “humanitarian” o…
Moblization potential of Pentecostalism in modern Africa
The article aims to examine the mobilizational potential of Pentecostalism - one of the fastest growing and the largest branches of Christianity in Africa. The obtained results indicate a high mobilization potential of African Pentecostalism, yet it has some features and limitations. Its exploitation is connected with a duality that lies in the internal heterogeneity, the doctrinal peculiarities of the waves of Pentecostalism. This defines multis…
Reform of the Asylum Policy and Control of Illegal Migration: Pan- European and Polish Approaches
This article considers the development of pan-European and Polish asylum policy and control of illegal migration after the peak of the migration crisis in 2015–16. A sharp increase in the migration burden on the European Union (EU) during this period revealed systemic problems of political regulation of migration in the EU and provoked a confrontation of the interests of national and supranational actors. Despite the decline of migration flows fr…
Ethiopia: Reaction of the Religious Landscape to the Change in Religious Policy in the Middle of the 19th – early 21st Centuries
The article analyzes the changes in the state policy of Ethiopia towards religious organizations in 1855–1991 and how it impacted the structure of the state’s religious landscape. Reviled that the position of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) changed dramatically. In 1855–1930 EOC enjoyed broad support from the authorities, which install the principle "One country, one faith". At that time, three confessional zones were formed: the Northwestern…
Expanding the Frontier of Christianization: Non-Cult Activities of Religious Organizations in South Omo, Ethiopia
The article examines the main directions of non-cult activities of Christian organizations in frontier regions, using South Omo zone (the South Ethiopia Regional State) as an example. The research is based on indepth interviews with religious leaders conducted during field research in Hamar Woreda. There are 35 types of non-cult work implemented primarily by large churches that have a long-term presence in the region. Projects in the fields of ed…
Migration Crisis in West Africa: Limits and Prospects of Political Regulation
The study examines the limits and prospects of political regulation of the migration crisis in West Africa. The authors characterize the migration situation in the countries of the region, analyze the available political instruments of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that facilitate the migration processes in the region. Furthermore, the efficacy of these instruments in addressing the growing number of refugees and internal…
Externalisation of Asylum Policy in the UK after Brexit
The article explores the approaches and tools the UK disposes of to address an increasing number of asylum seekers and illegal migrants in a post-Brexit environment. The study is based on legislative and regulatory acts regulating the UK’s asylum policy, as well as international agreements and action plans that enable the externalization of the asylum policy. It is shown that it took the UK a rather short time to put in place a reformed legal fra…
Pentecostalism and New Social Movements: ENDSARS Protests in Nigeria
Pentecostalism is one of the fastest growing branches of Christianity in the world. In some regions it claims to be a significant player in political and public life. The number of Pentecostals is growing steadily in the countries of South America, Asia, and Africa. Studying the role of the Pentecostal mobilization potential in the protest movements can give deeper understanding of what is going on in these macro-regions as they play a significan…
Water scarcity as a factor in conflict in Ethiopia: National, Regional, and Local Levels
The article aims to determine the role of water scarcity in conflicts in Ethiopia. The author analyzes factors of water scarcity and the peculiarities of conflict localization in Ethiopia combining a quantitative and qualitative approach. The first approach is based on databases and reports on water resources, and conflicts in Ethiopia. The Second derives from the materials collected during a field study in the South Omo Zone, Hamar Woreda, in 20…
The Social Mission of Religious Organizations in Africa: New Challenges and Potential Limitations
This paper addresses the challenges of state oversight relating to the non-religious activities of religious actors in Africa, whose growing influence allowed them to transform into an alternative to state institutions. In the analysis of this phenomenon, the authors use religious economy theory (religious market), which evaluates a religious organization’s competitiveness by its capacity to attract followers. A measurable indicator of such compe…
Political science (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Development economics (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (6 works) · Political economy (5 works) · African history and culture analysis (4 works)