The paper analyses the peculiarities of the Russian Federation's foreign policy towards the
so-called post-soviet countries. It focuses on Russia's policies towards Belarus, Ukraine …

Russia's current war against Ukraine takes place in the wider context of geopolitical
competition in the region. The EU and Russia promoted integration projects that have, in …

In this paper, we draw on the concepts of in-betweenness and migration interdependence in
order to investigate the vulnerability of Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine due to their …

Contemporary societies are closely interconnected by transnational networks and flows (of
people, goods, energy, information, money), which is a source of both opportunities and …

This article addresses how both external democratic and non-democratic actors impact the
persistence of non-democratic regimes in third countries. We focus on asymmetrical …

How does trade liberalisation shape post-Soviet Limited Access Orders (LAOs) where
dominant elites restrict access to political and economic resources for the sake of private …

We scrutinise key domestic actors in Belarus and Ukraine investigating under what
conditions they are susceptible to external influences promoting opening. Although both …

This article introduces a special issue that investigates the interplay between domestic socio-
political orders and changing external influences–of the EU, Russia, Turkey and other …

On the eve and following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Moldova was faced with the
geopolitical dilemma of orientation towards European or Eurasian spaces. Historical and …

Вопрос энергетической безопасности в последнее десятилетие приобрел новые
смыслы и обсуждается преимущественно в связи с зависимостью постсоветских и ряда …