Reports

М.: IE RAS, 2023. – ISBN 978-5-98163-207-5. – DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report72023_404. – EDN: YWHVJM.

This monograph analyzes the acute problems of European economy and the new economic developments in the region stemming from Covid crisis, UK’s exit from the EU and the military and political conflict between Russia and collective West in connection with the events in Ukraine. Authors focus on the new trends in innovation and monetary policy of the European Union, examine the tools and methods of supranational financial regulation and financing, analyze the peculiarities of the EU environmental agenda and intermediate results of moving towards the Green economy. A lot of attention is paid to the energy crisis and prospects of the regional gas market, as well as the new mechanisms of employment support and transformation of intraregional trade in the EU amid the growing crisis trends in its economy.

М.: IE RAS, 2023. – ISBN 978-5-98163-204-4. – DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report62023_403. – EDN: MTIYVH.

In the edited volume, three dimensions of the current ethnic politics in European countries are studied: crisis and conflict potential, migration processes, and electoral aspects. The authors, who represent various scientific schools, consider ethnic politics an inherent part of the social dynamics in Europe. They combine qualitative and quantitative research methods and the methodological optics of Political Science, Economics, Anthropology, and Criminology, and fo- cus on the issues of ethnicity actualization in the online extremist discourse, ethnic identification role in the escalation and settlement of political conflicts, reactions of the EU and Russian institutes to the influx of the «ethnic» migrants. Particular attention is paid to the role of ethnicity in electoral processes, especially to party formation and fraction-building, discursive dominants of ethnoregional parties, electoral activities of the indigenous peoples, and fragmentation of ethnic voting.

М.: IE RAS, 2023. – DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report52023_402.
– ISBN 978-5-98163-203-7. – EDN: XARPMK.

М.: IE RAS, 2023. – DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report42023_401. – ISBN 978-5-98163-202-0. – EDN: MLUNXM.

A collective monograph by the leading Russian Germanists is dedicated to the study of the main party-political and socio-economic processes in Germany in 2022, which took place against the background of multiple crises, including the energy and geopolitical crises. Particular attention is paid to the results of the landtag elections, the changes in the established parties and changes in electoral preferences. The consequences of the crisis phenomena for the economic and political space, and the attempts of the state to mitigate their negative impact, including in the field of electric power industry and critical infrastructure. The issues of the continuing split between the West and the East of the country are considered. The British and Russian foreign policy vectors of Germany are investigated. The forecast for Germany’s development in 2023 is given. The monograph consists of two parts.

М.: IE RAS, 2023. – DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report32023_400. – ISBN 978-5-98163-201-3. – EDN: KIQOFO.

A collective monograph by the leading Russian Germanists is dedicated to the study of the main party-political and socio-economic processes in Germany in 2022, which took place against the background of multiple crises, including the energy and geopolitical crises. Particular attention is paid to the results of the landtag elections, the changes in the established parties and changes in electoral preferences. The consequences of the crisis phenomena for the economic and political space, and the attempts of the state to mitigate their negative impact, including in the field of electric power industry and critical infrastructure. The issues of the continuing split between the West and the East of the country are considered. The British and Russian foreign policy vectors of Germany are investigated. The forecast for Germany’s development in 2023 is given. The monograph consists of two parts.

М.: IE RAS, 2023. – ISBN 978-5-98163-200-63. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report22023_399. – EDN: CJAJZQ.

М.: IE RAS, 2023. – ISBN 978-5-98163-199-3.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report12023_398. – EDN: –TWJUCL.

This collective monograph is the result of research by historians, political scientists, and IR scholars from the IE RAS, the Higher School of Economics, the MGIMO, the Diplomatic Academy, the UrFU, as well as research institutions in Armenia, Bulgaria, and Serbia. Using the rich empirical material, it aims to demonstrate how different international actors use the resources of «soft power». Among the traditional ones are the activities of non-governmental and non-profit organizations, educational and scientific cooperation. Relatively new are the media and their development in the last decade, social networks, and e-diplomacy, all of which have significantly expanded as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The monograph also raises the important philosophical question what is true «soft power».

М.: IE RAS, 2022. – DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report112022_397. – EDN: YVGEHY – ISBN 978-5-98163-196-2.

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 the prospects for the near future, to foresee possible threats to Russia. Particular attention is paid to the role of the Arctic Council in the Arctic development; several Arctic strategies and policies of European and Asian countries were analysed; the economic, social, environmental, legal, and civilisational issues of the modern Arctic were touched upon; the security problems in the Arctic region are considered.

М.: IE RAS, 2022. – ISBN 978-5-98163-195-5. – DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report102022_396. – EDN: RPCUXJ.

The monograph is devoted to the study of the problems of common European security by Russian political scientists. The author continued the conceptual systematization of the points of view that have developed in domestic political science about the essence and interconnection of the most important problems for European security. Recommendations are given on possible ways to intensify work to resolve existing problems and consolidate Russian political scientists. The author believes that modernity makes it possible to increase the productivity of interaction between domestic political scientists and strengthen the competitiveness of the Russian political science school in the world. The author has carried out the primary conceptual systematization of the points of view that have developed in Russian political science about the essence and interrelation of the problems fundamental to European security and the transformations taking place in the European space. The monograph substantiates the thesis about the constructed nature of the phenomenon of common European security and presents two algorithms for the formation of concepts. The monograph develops a new scientific direction – study of the works of political scientists.

М.: IE RAS, 2022. – DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report92022_395. – ISBN 978-5-98163-194-8. – EDN: XGYROE 

In a collective monograph authors explore problems of European social and political life connected with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2022. Issues of civil society, system of higher education and religious institutes are examined. Chapters of the book touch upon internal political situation in the majority of European countries and regions such as Great Britain, France, Sweden, Greece, Norway, South-Eastern Europe. Authors come to a conclusion that COVID-19 highlighted problems in medical, social and economic spheres of the majority of European countries and unpreparedness of political structures to tackle the multifaceted threat of the global pandemic.

М.: IE RAS, 2022. – DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report82022_394. – ISBN 978-5-98163-192-4. – EDN: NNGVGI.

The authors of the present edited volume analyze some key aspects of ethnopolitical dynamics in the contemporary European countries. The authors draw attention to such issues as the role of ethnicity in the European political order, problematic classification of ethnic minorities, the crisis of the nation-state model, integration and disengagement measures aimed at external migrants, transformation of the right-wing anti-immigrant populism. The special focus of the book is the regional cases of practical ethnopolitical management, with evidence taken from Northern Ireland, Nagorno Karabakh, Ukraine, and the Balkans. The authors show that ethnicity retains its role as one of the most important sources for political mobilization in Europe, and ethnopolitical management is still one of the key aspects of state policies.

М.: IE RAS, 2022. – DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report72022_393. – ISBN 978-5-98163-190-0.

In an academic monograph, leading Russian Germanists examine the most important political and economic processes in Germany in 2021. The authors pay particular attention to party political processes, a range of state elections, the election campaign for seats in the Bundestag and its results. The coalition negotiations between the SPD, Union 90/Greens, the FDP, the subsequent conclusion of the contract, the formation of a new cabinet of ministers and its first steps under the leadership of Federal Chancellor O. Scholz, who replaced the 16-year reigning A. Merkel, were analyzed. The economic consequences of the ongoing corona crisis and the measures taken by the state to deal with them are being examined. Particular attention is paid to the maritime economy, the electricity sector and Germany's growing import dependency. Relations of Germany with the USA and the Russian Federation are analyzed, including the problems of the Nord Stream 2 project and the specifics of their political and economic cooperation.

М.: IE RAS, 2022. –  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report62022_392. – ISBN 978-5-98163-189-4. – EDN: VABNUL.

The monograph examines the context of the emergence and development of the concept of the so-called «smart specialization» in the EU – the policy of economic growth based on innovation, which is currently one of the main methodological foundations of European regional policy. In the new planning period 2021–2027 in the EU, the concept of smart specialization will remain relevant. The practice of generalizing real strategic documents of the federal lands of the Federal Republic of Germany has shown that the implementation of this approach has its own specifics for each region. The role of the hydrogen economy as a new economic specialization of the federal lands is noted. The author states the importance of the concept of smart specialization for updating the national strategy of spatial development as performing the function of linking federal and regional economic, scientific and technological capabilities priorities of the regions.

М.: IE RAS, 2022. – ISBN 978-5-98163-187-0. – DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report52022_391.

М.: IE RAS, 2022. – ISBN 978-5-98163-186-3. – DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report42022-390.

М.: IE RAS, 2022. – ISBN 978-5-98163-185-6. – DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report32022-389. 

М.: IE RAS, 2022. – ISBN 978-5-98163-184-9. 
– DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/report22022_388