Alexander Sergunin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4156954 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Sergunin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Sergunin |
| SIGNATURE | SERGUNIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | St Petersburg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4683-0611 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Russian-American Scientific Cooperation in the Arctic in the Age of Geopolitical Turbulence
Introduction. The article examines cooperation between Russia and the US on Arctic research in the context of the Ukrainian crisis. One of the accompanying tasks is to study the motivations of both sides for continuing such cooperation. Methods and materials. The article uses the so-called liberal intergovernmental approach as a research method, aiming to explain the reasons for cooperation between countries with different socio-political structu…
Kirkenes and Nickel: The tale of the Northern brotherhood
Discussion About the Book by A. Kubyshkin “Town and Gown. The American University in the Structure of Civic Society”
The new book by Alexander Kubyshkin, “Town and Gown. The American University in the Structure of Civic Society”, continues the discussion on U.S. education. N.A. Tsvetkova notes in the essay the unique methodological approach used by the author, who combines historical studies and memoirs, that makes the book an exceptional historiographical occasion in Russian-American studies. The review notes the following important topics that this book raise…
Teaching the Arctic’s sustainable development at Russian universities
This study examines how teaching sustainable development (SD) is organized in the Russian universities responsible for training specialists for the Arctic. The empirical data for the study are drawn from Russian universities’ curricula and course syllabi. The paper discusses both achievements and problems related to the integration of SD courses into university programs. On the one hand, SD-related disciplines became an integral part of many natu…
Politics, economics and security of the modern Arctic (to the 25the anniversary of the Arctic council)
The collective monograph is edited by the Center for Arctic Studies of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The book is devoted to topical issues of the Arctic development, among which the current geopolitical processes and its future potential. The authors attempt to systematise knowledge about the Arctic problems and challenges of the last decade, which is most important for the Russian Federation, as well as to assess th…
Evolution of the U.S. Arctic Strategy’s Conceptual Basis
Introduction. The article examines the features of the main stages in the evolution of the U.S. Arctic strategy in the period after the end of the Cold War that helps to understand the future of American regional policy. The United States is one of the main participants in the Arctic policy, on which the state of security and cooperation in the region largely depends. Methods and materials. The empirical basis for the study was the documents of v…
Canada’s and Russia’s Security and Defence Strategies in the Arctic: A Comparative Analysis
This comparative article reveals how the general focus of Canadian and Russian threat perceptions in the Arctic have shifted from a Cold War fixation on hard defence to accommodate soft security issues over the last three decades. Both countries now pay greater attention to threats and challenges stemming from climate change, security, and safety risks associated with resource development and increasingly accessible sea routes. Although concern a…
Russia’s arctic science diplomacy: Theory and Practice
Arctic science diplomacy (ASD) is both a relatively new topic and an acute issue in Russian academic and political circles. There is neither a clear definition of the concept nor a consensus on the stakeholders, tools, and activities of science diplomacy. This article focuses on the main approaches in Russia in relation to the concept of ASD. The first approach considers ASD as a soft power tool of regional players. Science diplomacy helps to pro…
Building Urban Climate Change Adaptation Strategies: The Case of Russian Arctic Cities
Russian Arctic is a highly urbanized region, with most towns built in the Soviet era to facilitate extraction industries as well as provide and maintain military facilities. Global environmental and developmental changes, as well as national political decisions open up Russia’s Arctic to massive investment, industrial and socioeconomic development. How do Russian Arctic cities, towns, and municipalities reflect on new opportunities in terms of de…
Societal Security in the Baltic Sea Region: The Russian Perspective
This study discusses whether the concept of societal security is embedded in the Russian official and informal discourses as well as in the Russian strategic documents on national security and the Baltic Sea region. Particularly, the paper describes four paradigms of international relations (neorealism, neoliberalism, globalism and postpositivism) and theoretical approaches to the concept of societal security formulated in them. On a practical pl…
Russian Expert and Official Geopolitical Narratives on the Arctic: Decoding Topical and Paradigmatic DNA
This article examines current Russian expert and official narratives on the Arctic, situating them in the broader context of the debate on Russia’s role in the international system. Combining a critical geopolitics approach to the study of international relations with content analysis tools, we map how structural geopolitical changes in the wider region have shaped narratives on the Arctic in Russia today. Two types of Russian narratives on the A…
City-twinning: Challenges and opportunities
BRICS as the Subject of Study of International Relations Theory
This article examines the phenomenon of the BRICS grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa from the perspective of several theories of international relations; in particular, power transition theory, soft power and peaceful coexistence concepts, the theory of “global regionalism” and status theories are reviewed. Each explains both the BRICS phenomenon and the role of this integration association in the present-day international …
City-Twinning in IR Theory: Escaping the Confines of the Ordinary
This article sets out to explore the analytical utility of city-twinning for International Relations theory. It does so by recognizing twinning as a relevant category to be explored despite of being part of the “low” rather than the “high,” its inherently ambivalent nature as well as the leaning on some rather unconventional constitutive claims with twinning resting on togetherness and similarity that transcends national borders. In essence, it d…
Does the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) mobilize the municipal level? City twinning in Northern Europe
Over the last two decades city-twinning became quite popular in Northern Europe. This form of coining transborder communality took place particularly in the Nordic countries with their long-standing cooperative experience but included also the Baltic States and Russia. Twinning is viewed by many North European municipalities as an instrument available for both solving local problems and ensuring sustainable development. In some cases it has amoun…
Russia’s role in regional cooperation and the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR)
This article examines EU–Russian relations in the Baltic Sea region (BSR) utilizing the concepts of counter-hegemonic socialization and soft power. The implications of the Ukrainian crisis for regional cooperation in the BSR are also taken into account. The compatibility of EU and Russian regional strategies are considered, as well as how these can often be mutually unaware of one another, or even confrontational. It argues that BSR regional inst…
The US ballistic missile defence policy in the Baltic and Nordic regions
This article examines the implications of the deployment of the US ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in the Baltic and Nordic regions. These implications are to be considered to ensure Russia’s military security. Using the structural-functional method, the authors analyse the internal structure of the US BMD in Europe, stages of its implementation, and its influence on the military equilibrium in the region. Being similar to other regional m…
Russia in the Arctic: Hard or Soft Power
Understanding Russia's Soft Power Strategy
This article examines the specifics of Moscow's soft power strategy. The sources of the Kremlin's interest in the soft power concept are explained. The article discusses how the soft power concept fits in the current Russian foreign policy philosophy. Russia's soft power resources, institutions and instruments are described. Special attention is given to the limitations and constraints of Moscow's soft power strategies. The reasons why these stra…
Russia and the European Union in the Baltic region: A treacherous path to partnership
This article examines policies of Moscow and Brussels in the Baltics since the launch of the European Union’s Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region in June 2009. An increase in the efficiency of Russia’s policy in the region requires not only the development of bilateral relations with the region’s countries but also a dialogue with the European Union, the key player in the Baltic. The author identifies Russian economic, military, political, and hum…
The EU, Russia and Models of International Society in a Wider Europe
The research objective of this article is two-fold: On the one hand, this study aims at analysing the multifaceted EU-Russia relations as seen from different theoretical/conceptual approaches. On the other hand, this article examines how the EU-Russia dialogue is organised in sectoral terms – economy, trade, visa regime liberalisation, and security cooperation. Both the promising and problematic areas in the EU-Russia bilateral relations are iden…
Changes in the Perception of Military Threats, Challenges, Vulnerabilities and Risks in Russia (1991-2009)
When Two Aspire to Become One: City-Twinning in Northern Europe
The contribution probes the burgeoning phenomenon of city twinning by engaging with four city-pairs transcending and challenging the difference-producing impact of national borders in northern Europe (Imatra–Svetogorsk; Tornio–Haparanda; Valga–Valka; Narva–Ivangorod). It also aims at discussing the dynamics and meaning of twinning in a broader, more principled and critical perspective. Despite a number of obstacles, city twinning has more recentl…
International Security: New Approaches and Concepts
Р’ статьРμ анализируются СЃРґРІРёРіРё РІ осмыслРμРЅРёРё катРμРіРѕСЂРёРё «Р±Рμзопасность», РїСЂРѕРёСЃС€РμдшиРμ РїРѕСЃР»Рμ окончания «С...олодноРNo РІРѕРNoРЅС‹». РассмотрРμРІ РєРѕРЅС†РμптуальныРμ Рё С‚РμрминологичРμСЃРєРёРμ аспРμкты СЃРѕРІСЂРμРјРμРЅРЅС‹С... С‚РμРѕСЂРёРNo Р±Рμзопасности, РѕС‚РμС‡РμствРμРЅРЅС‹Рμ Рё зарубРμжныРμ трактовк…
Discussions of international relations in post-communism Russia
The article describes the progress in Russian theoretical thinking about the world. The author reviews the post-Soviet IR discussions and traces how they progressed from one paradigm to another in response to shifts in social issues and political agenda. The paper concludes that although realism has emerged as a prominent theoretical paradigm, Russian IR is still in process of its self-definition and remains widely open to various intellectual in…
Understanding Russia's Soft Power Strategy
This article examines the specifics of Moscow's soft power strategy. The sources of the Kremlin's interest in the soft power concept are explained. The article discusses how the soft power concept fits in the current Russian foreign policy philosophy. Russia's soft power resources, institutions and instruments are described. Special attention is given to the limitations and constraints of Moscow's soft power strategies. The reasons why these stra…
When Two Aspire to Become One: City-Twinning in Northern Europe
The contribution probes the burgeoning phenomenon of city twinning by engaging with four city-pairs transcending and challenging the difference-producing impact of national borders in northern Europe (Imatra–Svetogorsk; Tornio–Haparanda; Valga–Valka; Narva–Ivangorod). It also aims at discussing the dynamics and meaning of twinning in a broader, more principled and critical perspective. Despite a number of obstacles, city twinning has more recentl…
Russia’s role in regional cooperation and the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR)
This article examines EU–Russian relations in the Baltic Sea region (BSR) utilizing the concepts of counter-hegemonic socialization and soft power. The implications of the Ukrainian crisis for regional cooperation in the BSR are also taken into account. The compatibility of EU and Russian regional strategies are considered, as well as how these can often be mutually unaware of one another, or even confrontational. It argues that BSR regional inst…
City-Twinning in IR Theory: Escaping the Confines of the Ordinary
This article sets out to explore the analytical utility of city-twinning for International Relations theory. It does so by recognizing twinning as a relevant category to be explored despite of being part of the “low” rather than the “high,” its inherently ambivalent nature as well as the leaning on some rather unconventional constitutive claims with twinning resting on togetherness and similarity that transcends national borders. In essence, it d…
The EU, Russia and Models of International Society in a Wider Europe
The research objective of this article is two-fold: On the one hand, this study aims at analysing the multifaceted EU-Russia relations as seen from different theoretical/conceptual approaches. On the other hand, this article examines how the EU-Russia dialogue is organised in sectoral terms – economy, trade, visa regime liberalisation, and security cooperation. Both the promising and problematic areas in the EU-Russia bilateral relations are iden…
BRICS as the Subject of Study of International Relations Theory
This article examines the phenomenon of the BRICS grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa from the perspective of several theories of international relations; in particular, power transition theory, soft power and peaceful coexistence concepts, the theory of “global regionalism” and status theories are reviewed. Each explains both the BRICS phenomenon and the role of this integration association in the present-day international …
Canada’s and Russia’s Security and Defence Strategies in the Arctic: A Comparative Analysis
This comparative article reveals how the general focus of Canadian and Russian threat perceptions in the Arctic have shifted from a Cold War fixation on hard defence to accommodate soft security issues over the last three decades. Both countries now pay greater attention to threats and challenges stemming from climate change, security, and safety risks associated with resource development and increasingly accessible sea routes. Although concern a…
Russia’s arctic science diplomacy: Theory and Practice
Arctic science diplomacy (ASD) is both a relatively new topic and an acute issue in Russian academic and political circles. There is neither a clear definition of the concept nor a consensus on the stakeholders, tools, and activities of science diplomacy. This article focuses on the main approaches in Russia in relation to the concept of ASD. The first approach considers ASD as a soft power tool of regional players. Science diplomacy helps to pro…
Russian Expert and Official Geopolitical Narratives on the Arctic: Decoding Topical and Paradigmatic DNA
This article examines current Russian expert and official narratives on the Arctic, situating them in the broader context of the debate on Russia’s role in the international system. Combining a critical geopolitics approach to the study of international relations with content analysis tools, we map how structural geopolitical changes in the wider region have shaped narratives on the Arctic in Russia today. Two types of Russian narratives on the A…
Does the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) mobilize the municipal level? City twinning in Northern Europe
Over the last two decades city-twinning became quite popular in Northern Europe. This form of coining transborder communality took place particularly in the Nordic countries with their long-standing cooperative experience but included also the Baltic States and Russia. Twinning is viewed by many North European municipalities as an instrument available for both solving local problems and ensuring sustainable development. In some cases it has amoun…
The US ballistic missile defence policy in the Baltic and Nordic regions
This article examines the implications of the deployment of the US ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in the Baltic and Nordic regions. These implications are to be considered to ensure Russia’s military security. Using the structural-functional method, the authors analyse the internal structure of the US BMD in Europe, stages of its implementation, and its influence on the military equilibrium in the region. Being similar to other regional m…
Russia and the European Union in the Baltic region: A treacherous path to partnership
This article examines policies of Moscow and Brussels in the Baltics since the launch of the European Union’s Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region in June 2009. An increase in the efficiency of Russia’s policy in the region requires not only the development of bilateral relations with the region’s countries but also a dialogue with the European Union, the key player in the Baltic. The author identifies Russian economic, military, political, and hum…
Discussions of international relations in post-communism Russia
The article describes the progress in Russian theoretical thinking about the world. The author reviews the post-Soviet IR discussions and traces how they progressed from one paradigm to another in response to shifts in social issues and political agenda. The paper concludes that although realism has emerged as a prominent theoretical paradigm, Russian IR is still in process of its self-definition and remains widely open to various intellectual in…
Discussions of international relations in post-communism Russia
The article describes the progress in Russian theoretical thinking about the world. The author reviews the post-Soviet IR discussions and traces how they progressed from one paradigm to another in response to shifts in social issues and political agenda. The paper concludes that although realism has emerged as a prominent theoretical paradigm, Russian IR is still in process of its self-definition and remains widely open to various intellectual in…
International Security: New Approaches and Concepts
Р’ статьРμ анализируются СЃРґРІРёРіРё РІ осмыслРμРЅРёРё катРμРіРѕСЂРёРё «Р±Рμзопасность», РїСЂРѕРёСЃС€РμдшиРμ РїРѕСЃР»Рμ окончания «С...олодноРNo РІРѕРNoРЅС‹». РассмотрРμРІ РєРѕРЅС†РμптуальныРμ Рё С‚РμрминологичРμСЃРєРёРμ аспРμкты СЃРѕРІСЂРμРјРμРЅРЅС‹С... С‚РμРѕСЂРёРNo Р±Рμзопасности, РѕС‚РμС‡РμствРμРЅРЅС‹Рμ Рё зарубРμжныРμ трактовк…
Changes in the Perception of Military Threats, Challenges, Vulnerabilities and Risks in Russia (1991-2009)
When Two Aspire to Become One: City-Twinning in Northern Europe
The contribution probes the burgeoning phenomenon of city twinning by engaging with four city-pairs transcending and challenging the difference-producing impact of national borders in northern Europe (Imatra–Svetogorsk; Tornio–Haparanda; Valga–Valka; Narva–Ivangorod). It also aims at discussing the dynamics and meaning of twinning in a broader, more principled and critical perspective. Despite a number of obstacles, city twinning has more recentl…
Russia and the European Union in the Baltic region: A treacherous path to partnership
This article examines policies of Moscow and Brussels in the Baltics since the launch of the European Union’s Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region in June 2009. An increase in the efficiency of Russia’s policy in the region requires not only the development of bilateral relations with the region’s countries but also a dialogue with the European Union, the key player in the Baltic. The author identifies Russian economic, military, political, and hum…
The EU, Russia and Models of International Society in a Wider Europe
The research objective of this article is two-fold: On the one hand, this study aims at analysing the multifaceted EU-Russia relations as seen from different theoretical/conceptual approaches. On the other hand, this article examines how the EU-Russia dialogue is organised in sectoral terms – economy, trade, visa regime liberalisation, and security cooperation. Both the promising and problematic areas in the EU-Russia bilateral relations are iden…
Russia in the Arctic: Hard or Soft Power
Understanding Russia's Soft Power Strategy
This article examines the specifics of Moscow's soft power strategy. The sources of the Kremlin's interest in the soft power concept are explained. The article discusses how the soft power concept fits in the current Russian foreign policy philosophy. Russia's soft power resources, institutions and instruments are described. Special attention is given to the limitations and constraints of Moscow's soft power strategies. The reasons why these stra…
The US ballistic missile defence policy in the Baltic and Nordic regions
This article examines the implications of the deployment of the US ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in the Baltic and Nordic regions. These implications are to be considered to ensure Russia’s military security. Using the structural-functional method, the authors analyse the internal structure of the US BMD in Europe, stages of its implementation, and its influence on the military equilibrium in the region. Being similar to other regional m…
City-Twinning in IR Theory: Escaping the Confines of the Ordinary
This article sets out to explore the analytical utility of city-twinning for International Relations theory. It does so by recognizing twinning as a relevant category to be explored despite of being part of the “low” rather than the “high,” its inherently ambivalent nature as well as the leaning on some rather unconventional constitutive claims with twinning resting on togetherness and similarity that transcends national borders. In essence, it d…
Does the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) mobilize the municipal level? City twinning in Northern Europe
Over the last two decades city-twinning became quite popular in Northern Europe. This form of coining transborder communality took place particularly in the Nordic countries with their long-standing cooperative experience but included also the Baltic States and Russia. Twinning is viewed by many North European municipalities as an instrument available for both solving local problems and ensuring sustainable development. In some cases it has amoun…
Russia’s role in regional cooperation and the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR)
This article examines EU–Russian relations in the Baltic Sea region (BSR) utilizing the concepts of counter-hegemonic socialization and soft power. The implications of the Ukrainian crisis for regional cooperation in the BSR are also taken into account. The compatibility of EU and Russian regional strategies are considered, as well as how these can often be mutually unaware of one another, or even confrontational. It argues that BSR regional inst…
BRICS as the Subject of Study of International Relations Theory
This article examines the phenomenon of the BRICS grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa from the perspective of several theories of international relations; in particular, power transition theory, soft power and peaceful coexistence concepts, the theory of “global regionalism” and status theories are reviewed. Each explains both the BRICS phenomenon and the role of this integration association in the present-day international …
Russian Expert and Official Geopolitical Narratives on the Arctic: Decoding Topical and Paradigmatic DNA
This article examines current Russian expert and official narratives on the Arctic, situating them in the broader context of the debate on Russia’s role in the international system. Combining a critical geopolitics approach to the study of international relations with content analysis tools, we map how structural geopolitical changes in the wider region have shaped narratives on the Arctic in Russia today. Two types of Russian narratives on the A…
City-twinning: Challenges and opportunities
Building Urban Climate Change Adaptation Strategies: The Case of Russian Arctic Cities
Russian Arctic is a highly urbanized region, with most towns built in the Soviet era to facilitate extraction industries as well as provide and maintain military facilities. Global environmental and developmental changes, as well as national political decisions open up Russia’s Arctic to massive investment, industrial and socioeconomic development. How do Russian Arctic cities, towns, and municipalities reflect on new opportunities in terms of de…
Societal Security in the Baltic Sea Region: The Russian Perspective
This study discusses whether the concept of societal security is embedded in the Russian official and informal discourses as well as in the Russian strategic documents on national security and the Baltic Sea region. Particularly, the paper describes four paradigms of international relations (neorealism, neoliberalism, globalism and postpositivism) and theoretical approaches to the concept of societal security formulated in them. On a practical pl…
Politics, economics and security of the modern Arctic (to the 25the anniversary of the Arctic council)
The collective monograph is edited by the Center for Arctic Studies of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The book is devoted to topical issues of the Arctic development, among which the current geopolitical processes and its future potential. The authors attempt to systematise knowledge about the Arctic problems and challenges of the last decade, which is most important for the Russian Federation, as well as to assess th…
Evolution of the U.S. Arctic Strategy’s Conceptual Basis
Introduction. The article examines the features of the main stages in the evolution of the U.S. Arctic strategy in the period after the end of the Cold War that helps to understand the future of American regional policy. The United States is one of the main participants in the Arctic policy, on which the state of security and cooperation in the region largely depends. Methods and materials. The empirical basis for the study was the documents of v…
Canada’s and Russia’s Security and Defence Strategies in the Arctic: A Comparative Analysis
This comparative article reveals how the general focus of Canadian and Russian threat perceptions in the Arctic have shifted from a Cold War fixation on hard defence to accommodate soft security issues over the last three decades. Both countries now pay greater attention to threats and challenges stemming from climate change, security, and safety risks associated with resource development and increasingly accessible sea routes. Although concern a…
Russia’s arctic science diplomacy: Theory and Practice
Arctic science diplomacy (ASD) is both a relatively new topic and an acute issue in Russian academic and political circles. There is neither a clear definition of the concept nor a consensus on the stakeholders, tools, and activities of science diplomacy. This article focuses on the main approaches in Russia in relation to the concept of ASD. The first approach considers ASD as a soft power tool of regional players. Science diplomacy helps to pro…
Discussion About the Book by A. Kubyshkin “Town and Gown. The American University in the Structure of Civic Society”
The new book by Alexander Kubyshkin, “Town and Gown. The American University in the Structure of Civic Society”, continues the discussion on U.S. education. N.A. Tsvetkova notes in the essay the unique methodological approach used by the author, who combines historical studies and memoirs, that makes the book an exceptional historiographical occasion in Russian-American studies. The review notes the following important topics that this book raise…
Teaching the Arctic’s sustainable development at Russian universities
This study examines how teaching sustainable development (SD) is organized in the Russian universities responsible for training specialists for the Arctic. The empirical data for the study are drawn from Russian universities’ curricula and course syllabi. The paper discusses both achievements and problems related to the integration of SD courses into university programs. On the one hand, SD-related disciplines became an integral part of many natu…
Russian-American Scientific Cooperation in the Arctic in the Age of Geopolitical Turbulence
Introduction. The article examines cooperation between Russia and the US on Arctic research in the context of the Ukrainian crisis. One of the accompanying tasks is to study the motivations of both sides for continuing such cooperation. Methods and materials. The article uses the so-called liberal intergovernmental approach as a research method, aiming to explain the reasons for cooperation between countries with different socio-political structu…
Kirkenes and Nickel: The tale of the Northern brotherhood
Political science (21 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Politics (12 works) · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies (11 works) · Economics (11 works) · Geography (10 works) · Arctic (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration (5 works)