History as politics in Putin’s Russia
Professor Alexey Miller give a lecture about Russian memory politics and how memory politics is used and can be understood in relation to the international context.
Ukraine's energy transition in a new political landscape
The presidential and parliamentary elections earlier this year resulted in a massive shift of power in Ukrainian politics. How is this affecting the energy sector in Ukraine?
Russia and the European Human Rights System
There is a change in Russia's approach to the European Convention on Human Rights. What are the prospects for Russian participation in this system?
Generation Putin: What’s important to them?
Recent polls show that Russian youths differ from their parents in values and orientations. What impact may this have on their political participation and preferences?
The future of Russian arms exports
Will Russian arms export continue to boost Russian influence in the world?
Publication
: ARTIKKEL
Museums, memory and meaning-creation: (re)constructing the Tajik nation
Publication
: NUPI Policy Brief
The Arctic Council and US domestic policymaking
One widely recognized achievement of the Arctic Council and its various working groups has been the production of collectively generated assessments on Arctic problems. Assessment reports such as the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) provide an important baseline of shared knowledge for making...
Research project
Competency through Cooperation: Advancing knowledge on Georgia's strategic path (GEOPATH)
GEOPATH is a collaborative research project which aims to build competency in the Georgian research sector as well as producing new insights into the crucial question of Georgia's future strategic path between Russia and the EU.
Putin’s Russia: Vanguard or rearguard of populism?
What are the similarities, differences and linkages between Putin’s Russia and Orban’s Hungary, Trump’s USA and Bolsonaro’s Brazil?
Ten years after the Russia-Georgia war: Geopolitics of the South Caucasus and Black Sea Regions
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, David Zalkaliani, visits NUPI to talk about the situation in the region ten years after the war.
How do the Russians view the confrontation with the West?
Lev Gudkov will give you an insight to the public opinion in Russia in 2018.
CANCELLED: New conservatism as national consensus in Russia?
Unfortunately, we have to cancel this seminar due to unforeseen events.
News
The Russia Conference: Cold Peace in the Arctic?
Publication
: Rapport/avhandling
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...How does Russia prepare for a transition of power?
According to the Russian Constitution, the current term is the last for President Putin. How will the Russian political system prepare for the transition of power?
Six new years with Putin – what now?
On 18 March Vladimir Putin will by all appearances be re-elected for a new six-year term as President. What will this mean for Russia?
Publication
: Del av bok/rapport
An Asian Pivot Starts at Home: The Russian Far East in Russian Regional Policy
Publication
: Del av bok/rapport
Introduction: Exploring Russian nationalisms
Publication
: Del av bok/rapport
'Restore Moscow to the Muscovites': Othering 'the migrants' in the 2013 Moscow mayoral elections
Publication
: ANTOLOGI