Russie.NEI.Visions in English

Russie.NEI.Visions (RNV [1])is an online collection of policy papers each in French, English and Russian produced by the Russia/New Independent States Centre of the French Institute of International Relations (Institut français des relations internationales, Ifri), a think tank. The collection promotes the publication of policy oriented analyses of events in the post-Soviet space, authored by established experts and up-and-coming analysts.

Created in 2005, today the collection is directed by Thomas Gomart and Tatiana Kastueva-Jean with the help of Dominic Fean and Catherine Méniane. Since its creation, a paper collecting the year's production has been published annually.

The collection offers regular analysis of events in the former Soviet states, peer-reviewed and translated into all three languages. The collection has been cited in academic works as well as in the media.

The whole articles can be found on the following e-library : http://www.pearltrees.com/ifri.russie.nei/map/1_97777/

RNV Publications

• No.63, December 2011, Russian Digital Dualism: Changing Society,Manipulative State, Alexey Sidorenko

• No.62, September 2011, Italy, Russia's Voice in Europe?, Nadezhda Arbatova

• No.61, July 2011, What the North Caucasus Means to Russia, Aleksey Malashenko

• No.60, July 2011, The Caucasus: a Hotbed of Terrorism in Metamorphosis, Pavel Baev

• No.59, April 2011, "Digital Kremlin": Power and the Internet in Russia, Julien Nocetti

• No.58, March 2011, Doing Business in Russia: Informal Practices and Anti-Corruption Strategies, Alena Ledeneva & Stanislav Shekshina

• No.57, February 2011, Developing Research in Russian Universities, Irina Dezhina

• No.56, December 2010, Israel's Immigrant Parties: An Inefficient Russia Lobby, Olena Bagno & Zvi Magen

• No.55, November 2010, Syria: Russia's Best Asset in the Middle East, Andrej Kreutz

• No.54, August 2010, Russia's Far East Policy: Looking Beyond China, Stephen Blank

• No.53, July 2010, Results of the 'Reset' in US-Russian Relations, R. Craig Nation

• No.52, June 2010, From Moscow to Mecca: Russia's Saudi Arabian Diplomacy, Julien Nocetti

• No.51, May 2010, Russia and Turkey: Rethinking Europe to Contest Outsider Status, Richard Sakwa

• No.50, May 2010, Europe in Russian Foreign Policy: Important but no longer Pivotal, Thomas Gomart

• No.49, April 2010, Russia's Greater Middle East Policy: Securing Economic Interests, Courting Islam, Mark N. Katz

• No.48, March 2010, Internal and External Impact of Russia's Economic Crisis, Jeffrey Mankoff

• No.47, February 2010, Russia, China and the United States: From Strategic Triangularism to the Postmodern Triangle, Bobo Lo

• No.46, January 2010, Georgia, Obama, the Economic Crisis: Shifting Ground in Russia-EU Relations, Timofei Bordachev

• No.45, December 2009, What Is China To Us ? Westernizers and Sinophiles in Russian Foreign Policy, Andrei Tsygankov

• No.44, September 2009, Making Good Use of the EU in Georgia : « Eastern Partnership and Conflict Policy », Dominic Fean

• No.43, August 2009, Russia and the “Eastern Partnership” after the War in Georgia, Jean-Philippe Tardieu

• No.42, July 2009, “Cool Neighbors” : Sweden’s EU Presidency and Russia, Eva Hagström Frisell, Ingmar Oldberg

• No.41, June 2009, The Challenges of Russia’s Demographic Crisis, Anatoly Vichnevsky

• No.40, May 2009, NATO and Russia : Post-Georgia Threat Perceptions, Aurel Braun

• No.39, April 2009, Obama and Russia : Facing the Heritage of the Bush Years, Thomas Gomart

• No.38, April 2009, Russia in Latin America : Geopolitical Games in the US’s Neighborhood, Stephen Blank

• No.37, March 2009, Russia’s Armed Forces : The Power of Illusion, Roger McDermott

• No.36, January 2009, China as an Emerging Donor in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Nargis Kassenova

• No.35, December 2008, Islamist Terrorism in Greater Central Asia : The “Al-Qaedaization” of Uzbek Jihadism, Didier Chaudet

• No.34, September 2008, Russian Chinese Relations through the Lens of the SCO, Stephen Aris

• No.33, August 2008, Academic Cooperation between Russia and the US. Moving Beyond Technical Aid ?, Andrey Kortunov

• No.32, July 2008, Injecting More Differentiation in European Neighbourhood Policy : What Consequences for Ukraine ?, Kerry Longhurst

• No.31, June 2008, Caspian Pipeline Consortium, Bellwether of Russia’s Investment Climate ?, Adrian Dellecker

• No.30, April 2008, The Impact of "New Public Management" on Russian Higher Education, Carole Sigman

• No.29, April 2008, Higher Education in Russia: How to Overcome the Soviet Heritage ?, Boris Saltykov

• No.28, April 2008, Higher Education, the Key to Russia's Competitiveness, Tatiana Kastueva-Jean

• No.27, February 2008, Armenia, a Russian Outpost in the Caucasus ?, Gaïdz Minassian

• No.26, February 2008, EU Gas Liberalization as a Driver of Gazprom's Strategies ?, Catherine Locatelli

• No.25, December 2007, High Stakes in the High North. Russian-Norwegian Relations and their Implication for the EU, Jakub M. Godzimirski

• No.24, November 2007, Russia and the "Gas-OPEC". Real or Perceived Threat?, Dominique Finon

• No.23, October 2007, Paris and the EU-Russia Dialogue: A New Impulse with Nicolas Sarkozy ?, Thomas Gomart

• No.22, September 2007, Rosoboronexport, Spearhead of the Russian Arms Industry, Louis-Marie Clouet

• No.21, July 2007, Russia and the Deadlock over Kosovo, Oksana Antonenko

• No.20, June 2007, Russie-EU beyond 2007. Russian Domestic Debates, Nadezhda Arbatova

• No.19, May 2007, The Opacity of Russian-Ukrainian Energy Relations, Arnaud Dubien

• No.18, March 2007, Gazprom as a Predictable Partner. Another Reading of the Russian-Ukrainian and Russian-Belarusian Energy Crises, Jérôme Guillet

• No.17, March 2007, Gazprom, the Fastest Way to Energy Suicide, Christophe-Alexandre Paillard

• No.16, February 2007, Russia and the WTO: On the Finishing Stretch, Julien Vercueil

• No.15, January 2007, Russia and the Council of Europe: Ten Years Wasted ?, Jean-Pierre Massias

• No.14, September 2006, The "Greatness and Misery" of Higher Education in Russia, Tatiana Kastueva-Jean

• No.13, September 2006, The EU-Russia Energy Dialogue: Competition Versus Monopolies, Vladimir Milov

• No.12, July 2006, The Shanghai Cooperation Organization as "Geopolitical Bluff?" A View from Astana, Murat Laumulin

• No.11, June 2006, Abkhazia and South Ossetia: Collision of Georgian and Russian Interests, Tracey German

• No.10, May 2006, Special Issue : Workshop on EU-Russia relations

"Russia, NATO and the EU: A European Security Triangle or Shades of a New Entente ?", Andrew Monaghan

"The EU and Russia: the Needed Balance Between Geopolitics and Regionalism", Thomas Gomart

"Representing Private Interests to Increase Trust in Russia-EU Relations", Timofei Bordachev

"Multiplying Sources as the Best Strategy for EU-Russia Energy Relations", Michael Thumann

• No.9, March 2006, Ukraine's Scissors: between Internal Weakness and External Dependence, James Sherr

• No.8, January 2006, Russia and Turkey in the Caucasus: Moving Together to Preserve the Status Quo ?, Fiona Hill and Omer Taspinar

• No.7, October 2005, UE Crisis: What Opportunities for Russia ?, Timofei Bordachev

• No.6 (a), September 2005"Russia and Germany: Continuity and Changes", Andrei Zagorski

• No.6(b), September 2005, "Germany's Policy on Russia: End of the Honeymoon?", Hannes Adomeit

• No.5, August 2005, From Plans to Substance: EU-Russia Relations During the British Presidency, Andrew Monaghan

• No.4, June 2005, Russian Scientists: Where Are they? Where Are They Going? Human Resources and Research Policy in Russia, Irina Dezhina

• No.3, May 2005, Re-Writing Russia's Subsoil Law: from Sovereignty to Civil Law ?, William Tompson

• No.2, April 2005, Shared Neighbourhood or New Frontline ? The Crossroads in Moldova, Dov Lynch

• No.1, April 2005, A Fine Balance - The Strange Case of Sino-Russian Relations, Bobo Lo

Russie.Nei.Reports

Launched in September 2009, Russie.Nei.Reports is an electronic collection providing extensive analysis based on fieldwork. Papers are published either in French or in English.

• No. 8, June 2011 : L'université Goubkine: réservoir de cadres pour le secteur pétrolier et gazier, Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean

• No. 7, May 2011 : Economic Constraint and Ukraine's Security Policy, Dominic Fean

• No. 6, December 2010 : How the Chinese See Russia, Bobo Lo

• No. 5, October 2010 : "Soft power" russe: discours, outils, impact, Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean

• No. 4, September 2010 : Les universités privées, "mal-aimées" de l'enseignement supérieur russe, Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean

• No. 3, March 2010 : L'université technique Bauman: un atout majeur de la politique industrielle russe, Carole Sigman

• No. 2, October 2009 : Le Haut collège d'économie: école de commerce, université et think tank, Carole Sigman

• No. 1, October 2009 : "Projet MISiS": futur modèle de l'enseignement supérieur en Russie?, Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean

See also

• Foreign relations of Russia
• Gazprom
• Thomas Gomart