Roman Vakulchuk
Senior Research FellowRoman Vakulchuk is a senior research fellow at NUPI. He holds a PhD degree in economics obtained from Jacobs University Bremen, Germany. His main geographical specialization is Kazakhstan, other countries of Central Asia and Ukraine and he publishes on economic transition and integration, climate change, trade, infrastructure and transport, business climate and business culture, as well as state capitalism in emerging markets.
Vakulchuk has work experience as a project leader and expert within research projects organized by among others the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the MFA and the Research Council of Norway. Roman also worked at the oil company Shell in Germany. He speaks English, Russian, Ukrainian, German and French.
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China’s Belt and Road Initiative through the lens of Central Asia
Has the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), launched by China in 2013, changed the perception of China among local actors in Central Asia? There are numerous internal problems and contradictions among the Central Asian countries and the region remains one of the least integrated in the world. This poses... -
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: Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT)
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: Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT)
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: Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT)
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: Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT)
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: Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT)
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: Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT)
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: Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT)
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: Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT)
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: Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT)
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: Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT)
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: Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT)
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: Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT)
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Thu 20 Jun 2019Event
Reforms in Uzbekistan and new dynamics in Central Asia
Time: 12:00 Location: NUPIWhat is the potential impact of President Mirziyoyev’s reform agenda for regional dynamics in Central Asia and beyond?
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Report on significant distortions in the economy of the Russian Federation for the purpose of trade defence investigations (EU-Russia trade)
2018 - 2019 (Ongoing)This project will produce a comprehensive study of Russia's economy, focusing on regulations, laws, subsidies and other aspects that may interfere in competition in the markets.
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Kazakhstan: Civil Society and Natural Resource Policy in Kazakhstan
In Kazakhstan, civil society is held back and has had a limited role in the management of the petroleum sector. As this chapter notes, civil society has had little experience of promoting its own interests vis-à-vis the state, and public discussion of natural resource issues has been mainly government-driven.... -
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Valdai Paper #92: Russia’s Far East Initiatives in Troubled Geopolitical Times
The China–Russia rapprochement forms the centrepiece of Russia’s much hyped policy of a ‘turn to the East’, a policy aimed at transforming the Russian Far East from a territorial backwater into a new gateway to China, North-East Asia and beyond. In 2013, President Vladimir Putin declared the development... -
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The International Panel on Arctic Environmental Responsibility
2018 - 2022 (Ongoing)The International Panel on Arctic Environmental Responsibility is an independent and free-standing body tasked with assessing the environmental status of oil, gas, and mining companies in the Arctic.
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Analysing the political economy in eleven of Norway’s partner countries
22.06.2018Project Manager Stein Sundstøl Eriksen gives three key recommendations for Norwegian authorities.