Contemporary Europe

Dados do Periódico

Tipo	JOURNAL
Editora	Institute of Europe of Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
ISSN	0201-7083
Scopus	21100793212
Wikidata	Q96333813
OpenAlex	S4210214372
MAG	4210214372
Site	https://api.elsevier.com/content/serial/title/issn/0201-7083
Total de publicações	901
Período coberto	2007 - 2024
País	RU
Idioma	EN
Acesso	Open Access • OA Diamante
Indexação	DOAJ • Scopus
Fator de impacto	0.049
SJR	0.237 (Q3)
SNIP	0.32
CiteScore	0.5
Participação feminina na autoria	60.0%

This journal focuses on contemporary Europe, falling under the category of area studies. Area studies with substantive ethnographic, cultural, or social content are closely cognate to social anthropology, making this a relevant venue

Political Science and International Relations · Economics and Econometrics · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Economic and Technological Developments in Russia · Economic Issues in Ukraine · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · European and International Law Studies · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies

Area Studies in Russia and the Challenges of the Polycentric World
Open AccessAlexey GromykoARTICLE2024
The article is dedicated to the state of contemporary Russian area studies and their research field in the conditions of high demand for comprehensive and multifaceted approach. The author deliberates on the problem of new normality in connection with the phenomenon of partial deglobalisation. He analyses the interplay between the politics of geopolitisation of relations among leading powers and the institution of nation-state. Also, the topics o…
Nuclear Deterrence and Disarmament in a Polycentric World
Open AccessAlexei Arbatov, A G ArbatovARTICLE2024
The experience of 60 years of nuclear arms control has been quite a success except one aspect – transition from a bilateral (the U.S.A. ‒ U.S.S.R/Russia) to a multilateral format of limitation and reduction of nuclear arsenals. The reason has been a mistaken approach to a multi-lateral disarmament, which did not take into account a specific nature of multilateral nuclear deterrence among nuclear states. From now on, a transition to a multilateral…
New Approaches to the Development of the Eaeu's Foreign Trade
Open AccessA A Naryshkin, А А НарышкинARTICLE2024
Historically, foreign trade played a big role in the states development and became the basis of socio-economic well-being. It is possible to imagine the existence of ancient villages and communities practically isolated from large centers, providing themselves with food and a set of craft tools. However, when production processes and socio-economic structures become more complex, it became difficult to guarantee self-sufficiency even for states w…
EU‒Africa Relations
Open AccessLyubov Bisson, L S BissonARTICLE2024
The article offers a fresh insight into the relations between the European Union and Africa from “migration diplomacy” perspective which is being introduced in migration and international relations research in Russia. The author notes the explanatory and predictive potential of the “migration diplomacy” concept for considering the complex relations between states within different migration systems. The analysis of interactions and cooperation of …
Constructive Approaches to Analysis of Constructed Identity
Open AccessL Fadeeva, L A FadeevaARTICLE2024
The article deals with the main directions and outcomes of identity research along with the expansion of the research field as a whole and concept list. The author explores an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach well established in identitarian research. By building a general outline and defining the comparative context of the analysis of identity in general and political identity in particular, the article explores collective monogr…
Geoeconomic Turn
Open AccessA V KotovARTICLE2024
The next institutional cycle of the EU begins in a period of unprecedented uncertainty in the global economy and large-scale problems in the European economic space. The author explores possible economic and political directions in the activities of the new composition of the European Commission. A hypothesis is that the main priority will be to ensure the competitiveness of the European space, the development of new regulatory documents of a geo…
Czech Labour Market
Open AccessA Chetverikova, A S ChetverikovaARTICLE2024
The article presents an analysis of the development of the Czech labour market, taking into account demographic trends. The main long-term trends of decreasing unemployment, structural changes and maintaining their attraction for foreign actors are outlined. The negative consequences of the last two years have been assessed. A lack of certain specialists and high-qualified workers remains among the key problems of the Czech labour market which th…
A.A. Gromyko and Security Policy
Open AccessAlexey Sindeev, A A SindeevARTICLE2024
The article continues the study of the role of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR A.A. Gromyko in the formation, development and maintenance of security policy, its principles and structural elements. The subject of the article is the research of the preparation, content and prospects of the development of the Helsinki Compromise. On August 1, 1975, this compromise was enshrined in the final act of the Conference on Security and Cooperat…
Results of Maritime Spatial Planning in the EU
Open AccessM L KolesnikovaARTICLE2024
The paper discusses the main results of the development of maritime spatial planning (MSP) in the European Union by 2023. The study aims to evaluate the experience and developments of the EU in this specific area. Methodologically the analysis is based on regulatory documents, which establish the requirements of the MSP for its coastal member countries. Information from official EU sources on specialised projects and programs has been studied and…
The State Theory of Money
Open AccessA N Soshnev, Aleksandr Soshnev et al.ARTICLE2024
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Regulating the Risks Associated with Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence in the US, EU and China
Open AccessDarya Bazarkina, D Yu Bazarkina et al.ARTICLE2024
The article presents an analysis of the main mechanisms for regulating risks caused by the malicious use of artificial intelligence (MUAI) in the USA, the EU and China. The relevance of the MUAI problem is proven by numerous data on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies by antisocial actors. The authors set a goal – to identify the specifics of regulating MUAI risks in the USA, EU and China – due to the innovative experience of the…
Euroscepticism in the Russian-Speaking Community of Estonia
Open AccessSergey Aleksandrovich TambiARTICLE2024
The attitude of Russian-speaking people living in the Republic of Estonia towards the processes of European integration has undergone some transformation since the restoration of Estonia’s independence in 1991 to the present day. A significant part of the representatives of national minorities in this state governed by Eurooptimistic political elites is attributed to a quite widespread Euroscepticism. This article is an attempt to analyze the fea…
Impact of the Russian-Ukrainian Crisis on the Approaches of German Parties towards Energy Transition
Open AccessDenis O Vakarchuk, A A IvoninskaiaARTICLE2024
Since the 1990s, Germany has been following the concept of the energy transition. A long political debate on the necessity of its implementation ended after the Fukushima Daiichi accident in 2011, when a consensus emerged among the leading German parties on the main problems of the energy transition. However, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict of 2022 has actualized the use of fossil fuels, NPPs and has led to a change in the established positions of…
The Impact of Internationalization on the Success of Western European Multinational Companies
Open AccessSergey F Sutyrin, N A Navrotskaya et al.ARTICLE2024
The paper deals with the results of the study aimed at assessing the influence internationalization has on the performance of leading European transnational corporations (TNCs) approximated by their company value. The authors test a hypothesis that high level of international operations results in extra competitiveness of the TNCs under review both domestically and in foreign markets. Data on about five dozen largest European non-financial compan…
The Fall of the First Republic of Armenia in the Context of Relations with the Entente Countries, USA and Russia
Open AccessVanik G Virabyan, H V VirabyanARTICLE2024
The article discusses the issues of the Western orientation of the government of the First Republic with its Entente allies, and significant failures in foreign policy choices. It is emphasised that the leadership of the Republic of Armenia in 1918‒1920. placed excessively unjustified hopes on the Entente countries in resolving issues of recognition of independence and sovereignty and disputed territories. Reliance on the Entente countries during…
Europe and the End of Shogunate
Open AccessMikhail Grigor'evich NosovARTICLE2024
“Bakumatsu” is the period from 1853 to 1868, which can be translated as “The End of the Bakufu” or “The End of the Tokugawa Shogunate”. Japan, under pressure from the United States and European countries, was forced to open the country for trade and contacts, well realising that it could not resist foreigners due to its technological and military inferiority. The “opening” of the country took place under the confusion of the authorities and with …
The EU‒Nato Cooperation after the Start of the Special Military Operation
Open AccessA Aleshin, A A AleshinARTICLE2024
The EU and NATO have been developing cooperation since 2002. А new stage began in 2016, as a result of which their cooperation has reached a qualitatively new level. There has been formed a single transatlantic security space, in which the EU and NATO coordinate strategic goal-setting, practical policies, and activities in the field of defence and security in a number of areas. The main focus was on hybrid threats and military mobility. The start…
Us-Eu
Open AccessAleksandr Shumilin, A I ShumilinARTICLE2024
The article examines a number of aspects of the process of updating the approaches of the United States and the European Union to the problems of the Middle East (ME), as well as attempts by Washington and Brussels to coordinate their actions under the new conditions. In the United States, the voices of politicians and experts are growing who believe that, despite the fact that threats from the ME are much more significant for the security of Eur…
The Role of Small Historical Towns in Preserving the National Identity (on the Example of Startford-upon-Avon)
Open AccessG I PovazhnayaARTICLE2024
The article reveals the potential of small British town culture for preserving the national identity of the British. In the context of globalization processes, there is an erosion of national identity and a clash between the ideology of cosmopolitan elites and traditional values. It is the culture of small towns that allows one to preserve and strengthen national identity. The purpose of the article is to identify the features of the culture of S…
France’s Development Assistance Strategy to African Countries
Open AccessM Klinova, M V Klinova et al.ARTICLE2024
This article is focused on French economic assistance that is a “soft power” tool and is used to maintain and strengthen influence in developing countries and in Africa in particular – bilateral Official development assistance (ODA). The targets of this research include analysis of the ODA transformation because of changes in geopolitical situation on African continent. The authors use historical-genetic method allowing to show the evolution in F…
Digital Markets and Digital Services
Open AccessL S Revenko, Nikolay S RevenkoARTICLE2024
The article explores the EU Digital Markets Law and Digital Services Law adopted in the fall of 2022. The new legislative framework aims to control large digital platforms and search engines that have become market dominant and abuse their power by discriminating against third–party businesses, and to make online platforms and intermediaries more accountable. The authors provide examples of troubling practices by such companies. The provisions of…
Features of Intergovernmental Consultations.The case of Germany
Open AccessPh O TrunovARTICLE2024
The article explores interstate dialogue focusing on the contacts of highest state bureaucrats and to diplomatic missions. The author analyzed the format of intergovernmental (interstate) consultations and presents the key features of its functioning. The case study is Germany, which has developed a rather comprehensive system of the interstate formats. The difficulties of the creation of Germany’s interstate dialogue with the US, the UK, Anglo-S…
Turkish Gas Hub
Open AccessA V MenshovARTICLE2024
The article examines the factors that have an impact on the implementation of the international gas hub project in Turkey. Upon successful completion of construction, the Turkish hub will become an alternative pricing center in South-Eastern Europe. It will allow to diversify gas imports to the European Union and stabilise supplies. In addition to obtaining a new supply route, the EU will be able to return to the purchase of Russian gas, bypassin…
World Coal Market
Open AccessP S MoskvoretskiyARTICLE2024
This paper aims to identify major trends in the evolution of the global coal market in the 21st century. The relevance of the topic stems from the fact that under the Paris Climate Agreement many countries are committed to reduce fossil fuel production, and this is likely to have an impact on global coal production and on international trade flows. To analyse the dynamics and structural changes in global coal production the author uses Internatio…
“France-Afrique Architects”? Analytical Support of Current French Politics in Africa
Open AccessDenis A Degterev, E A AbramovaARTICLE2024
The ongoing foreign policy failures of France in Africa, primarily in the countries of the Sahel zone, force to pay close attention to the mechanisms of decision-making in this area. The key focus of the article is the role of the academic community in the foreign policy expertise of France, its personnel composition, affiliation with the main government actors (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, French Development Agency), research centers and univers…