Papers by Andrey Kinyakin
Przegląd europejski, 2019
One of the most remarkable features of regional development in Eurasia is the competition between... more One of the most remarkable features of regional development in Eurasia is the competition between the European Union (EU) and Russia within the so called “contested neighborhood”, e.g. the post-Soviet space. Originated in the 1990s it gained the special momentum in 2000s after the beginning of the Russia-led “Eurasian integration process”, leading to the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in 2015. That fact brought the competition between the EU and Russia to the new level, e.g. the “integration race”, which had the strong impact on the whole post-Soviet space. The most obvious outcome of that process is the outburst of the Ukrainian crisis in 2013, which on the one hand contributed to further exacerbation of the EU-Russia relations, on the other – it paved the way to elaboration of the new forms and tools of the integration activities. However, it failed to bring the “integration race” between the EU and the Russia-led EAEU to the standstill. Being in the latent “crysta...
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2015 was marked by the special event in the history of macro-level integration processes in the p... more 2015 was marked by the special event in the history of macro-level integration processes in the post-soviet space – creation of the new supranational integration structure of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). Initially comprising three former Soviet republics – Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus and then extending to five member states with the accession of Armenia and Kyrgyzstan the EEU became the alternative center in Eurasia, that not only spurred the interest to the problematic of integration processes in the post-soviet, but also made the all parties concerned among the mighty regional actors to admit the fact of existence of the new structure as well as to defer with it. First it matters the closest neighbor of the EEU – the European Union (EU), which is not only the biggest integration project ever but which is still highly regarded as most successful best practice of macro-level economic and political integration (Schäuble, 2012). The creation of the Eurasian Economic Union, wh...
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Przegląd Europejski 1/2021, 2021
The rising significance of the far-right as political actors is one of the most noticeable politi... more The rising significance of the far-right as political actors is one of the most noticeable political trends in Europe within the recent decades. It causes constant research activity aimed at the analysis of nature of public support of right-wing forces. However, the researchers, dealing with the issues of assessing the public support of the far-right in different European countries frequently have confront the problem of lack of relevant measurement tools, as well as efficient methodology for valid cross-country analysis. This stems not only from different “political background” and “political environment”, connected with political traditions and political practices, but also from the nature of public support of the far-right, having not only “overt”, but also “covert” component. Whereas “overt” component is on the surface and is good measurable (mainly by conventional tools such as polling), the “covert” one, encompassing the in-depth social sentiments, is hardly measurable. This p...
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This article explores the development of interrelations between state and business in post-soviet... more This article explores the development of interrelations between state and business in post-soviet Russia. It initially focuses on the oligarchs who emerged in the 1990s under President Boris Yeltsin and were associated with the so called ‘state capture’ model – the appropriation of the public sector (essentially the economic sphere) by private actors in the early 2000s. The article then argues that oligarchs have been turned into “state servants” since Vladimir Putin’s rise to the presidency. The empowerment of what may be described as a ‘predatory’ state has paved the way towards the reestablishment of its role as a major political and economic actor. Although this shift in the patterns of interactions between state and business has transformed the system of interest representation, its core element - patron-client politics – has remained practically intact.
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Krasnoyarsk Science
Статья представляет собой сборник материалов «круглого стола» на тему: «Энергетический диалог Рос... more Статья представляет собой сборник материалов «круглого стола» на тему: «Энергетический диалог России и ЕС: сотрудничество или конкуренция?», который был проведен на факультете гуманитарных и социальных наук Российского университета дружбы народов 28 марта 2018 г. и в котором приняли участие эксперты-политологи, сотрудники и аспиранты кафедры сравнительной политологии РУДН, а также аспиранты ряда зарубежных вузов. В рамках него был рассмотрен широкий круг вопросов, связанный с энергетическим сотрудничеством России и Европейского Союза: ролью России и ЕС в глобальной энергетике, основными направлениями и тенденциями энергодиалога России-ЕС, проблемами и перспективами энергетического сотрудничества на современном этапе, энергетической эффективностью, энергетической безопасностью, геополитическими и геоэкономическими аспектами сотрудничества и влиянием фактора «третьих стран».
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RUDN Journal of Political Science
The paper comprises the materials of the “round-table” “Within sanctions regime: problems and per... more The paper comprises the materials of the “round-table” “Within sanctions regime: problems and perspectives of Russian economic and political development” which was organized by the chair of the comparative politics of the Peoples` Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) and took place on February 20. 2016 on the faculty of the humanities and social sciences. Among the questions discussed within the “round table” were economic and political aftermaths of the sanctions imposed on Russia by the West and Russian countersanctions against the EU, USA and the further perspectives of Russian economic and political development, cooperation with the West. Among the participants of the “round-table” were the lecturers and the students of the political department of the PFUR, the students of the faculty of applied political sciences of the National Research University of Higher School of Economics as well as political experts.
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Rocznik Integracji Europejskiej
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Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social, Economic, and Academic Leadership (ICSEAL 2019), 2019
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Przegląd Europejski , 2019
One of the most remarkable features of regional development in Eurasia is the competition between... more One of the most remarkable features of regional development in Eurasia is the competition between the European Union (EU) and Russia within the so called "contested neighborhood", e.g. the post-Soviet space. Originated in the 1990s it gained the special momentum in 2000s after the beginning of the Russia-led "Eurasian integration process", leading to the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in 2015. That fact brought the competition between the EU and Russia to the new level, e.g. the "integration race", which had the strong impact on the whole post-Soviet space. The most obvious outcome of that process is the outburst of the Ukrainian crisis in 2013, which on the one hand contributed to further exacerbation of the EU-Russia relations, on the other-it paved the way to elaboration of the new forms and tools of the integration activities. However, it failed to bring the "integration race" between the EU and the Russia-led EAEU to the standstill. Being in the latent "crystallisation" phase, this process goes further with the covert competition between the integration blocks. Its actors are not only the non-aligned post-Soviet states, but also the existing members of the integration structures. All the mentioned above factors makes the "new edition" of the "integration race" rather dangerous because further acceleration of such a competition can lead to the large-scale rivalry between the EU and the EAEU, which may cause unpredictable consequences .
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Journal of Politics and Law, 2019
The article is devoted to the comparative analysis of the far right (nationalist) as political ac... more The article is devoted to the comparative analysis of the far right (nationalist) as political actors in Russia and in Europe. Whereas the European far-right movements over the last years managed to achieve significant success turning into influential political forces as a result of surging popular support, in Russia the far-right organizations failed to become the fully-fledged political actors. This looks particularly surprising, given the historically deep-rooted nationalist tradition, which stems from the times Russian Empire. Before the 1917 revolution, the so-called «Black Hundred» was one of the major far-right organizations, exploiting nationalistic and anti-Semitic rhetoric, which had representation in the Russian parliament-The State Duma. During the most Soviet period all the far-right movements in Russia were suppressed, re-emerging in the late 1980s as rather vocal political force. But currently the majority of them are marginal groups, partly due to the harsh party regulation, partly due to the fact, that despite state-sponsored nationalism the position of Russian far right does not stand in-line with the position of Russian authorities, trying to suppress the Russian nationalists. This is sharply contrasting to the situation with the far right in Europe, which are more well-established and institutionalized as political actors, using conventional forms of political activity. However, despite development gap in comparison with the European counterparts, the Russian far right have obvious potential as political actors, which can be realized under certain circumstances, enabling them to play more significant in the political system of Russia.
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Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social, Economic, and Academic Leadership (ICSEAL 2019), 2019
The enhancement of academic leadership through development of internationalization is one the pri... more The enhancement of academic leadership through development of internationalization is one the prime goals of higher education institutions (HEIs) all over the world. For that purpose, they use not only traditional tools, based on "export of education" or development of cooperation with institutions in other countries/regions but also the new ones, envisaging the involvement of the "third parties". One of such mechanisms is European Union (EU) Erasmus+ program, which is to some extent EU "soft power" tool, aimed at promotion of the European best practices by supporting educational and scientific activity both in the EU and non-EU countries. In the recent years, Erasmus+ programme got extremely popular among HEIs within the post-soviet space. Especially among Russian universities, striving to get involved into different projects within Erasmus+ programme-International Credit Mobility (ICM), Jean Monnet Activities (JMA) and Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education (CBHE), which contribute to enhancement of internationalization. One of the best practices of involvement of Russian HEIs into Erasmus+ programme is the activity of Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University). Starting to develop the Erasmus+ projects from 2013 with one JMA-project by now the institution can boast more than 300 facilitated ICMs, six JMA-projects and two CBHE-projects. The ambitious mid-term strategy of RUDN University aimed at not only multiplying the number of projects, but also taking cooperation within Erasmus+ programme to the higher level by establishing Erasmus+ Centre of Excellence. It enables not only to get the new opportunities for internationalization but to enhance its reputation as an internationally oriented institution, getting higher positions in the academic ratings and promoting the leadership function among not only Russian but also international HEIs.
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В статье анализируется проблема развития процессов региональной интеграции и формирования интегра... more В статье анализируется проблема развития процессов региональной интеграции и формирования интеграционных объединений на постсоветском пространстве. В последнее десятилетие одним из наиболее динамично развивающихся региональных интеграционных проектов является «евразийский проект», связанный с созданием Евразийского экономического союза (ЕАЭС). В настоящее время данная интеграционная структура является еще не до конца «оперившейся», что приводит
к ряду проблем. Одной из основных является подверженность влиянию прежних интеграционных практик, неоднократно приводивших к замедлению интеграционной динамики и снижению эффективности интеграционных процессов, а также уменьшению роли интеграционных структур
на постсоветском пространстве. В целях предотвращения этого ЕАЭС необходимо стремиться максимально повысить эффективность своей деятельности на основе выбора приемлемой модели интеграционного развития, выработки четкой интеграционной стратегии и правильного применения
механизмов интеграционного сотрудничества.
The article analyzes the issue of development of regional integration processes and formation of integration structures within post-Soviet space. Within the last decade one of the most dynamically
evolving regional integration project is so called the “Eurasian project”? connected with the creation of Eurasian economic union (EAEU). At the moment this integration structure is not a full-fledged one and is
susceptible to a number of specific risks. One of the major one is dependence on the deep-rooted “bad integration practices”, or post-Soviet integration path dependence. Previously it led to slowdown of integration dynamics, decrease of effectiveness as well as decay of integration structures. In order to escape it, the EAEU should strive to increase its effectiveness on the basic of selecting valid integration
model, working out straightforward integration strategy and proper usage of mechanisms of integration cooperation.
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The article analyses integration process in the post-soviet space as well as Eurasian Economic Un... more The article analyses integration process in the post-soviet space as well as Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) as a product of Eurasian integration. The EEU as newly created integration structure has a problem of finding the suitable form of interrelations with the European Union – the biggest integration structure ever.
The issue of finding common grounds between the EEU and the EU especially important given the fact that the Eurasian Union is a bloc led by Russia - one of the biggest European trade partner and long-standing political counterpart, which within a couple of years is at odds with the EU due to the political problems, connected with the Ukrainian conflict as well as the geopolitical tension between Russia and the West.
The start of the dialogue between the EU and the EEU, which has the certain potential, seems rather unlike to place in short- and medium-term perspective. In order to start the dialogue both parties have to solve not only economic issues (institutionalization of relationship, harmonization of trade), but also improve political agenda by starting to elaborate a joint agenda.
The main point for the time being: the interrelationship between the EEU and the EU could evolve within the co-existence scenario, which envisages maintenance of the current status-quo – noninstitutionalized relationship. In order to change it as well as to single out the appropriate approach for framing the future relationship with the Eurasian Economic Union the European Union should take into account many factors, putting the special emphasis on the Russia's role within the EEU as well as conflicting nature of Eurasian project, which is only to prove its viability as integration structure.
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к ряду проблем. Одной из основных является подверженность влиянию прежних интеграционных практик, неоднократно приводивших к замедлению интеграционной динамики и снижению эффективности интеграционных процессов, а также уменьшению роли интеграционных структур
на постсоветском пространстве. В целях предотвращения этого ЕАЭС необходимо стремиться максимально повысить эффективность своей деятельности на основе выбора приемлемой модели интеграционного развития, выработки четкой интеграционной стратегии и правильного применения
механизмов интеграционного сотрудничества.
The article analyzes the issue of development of regional integration processes and formation of integration structures within post-Soviet space. Within the last decade one of the most dynamically
evolving regional integration project is so called the “Eurasian project”? connected with the creation of Eurasian economic union (EAEU). At the moment this integration structure is not a full-fledged one and is
susceptible to a number of specific risks. One of the major one is dependence on the deep-rooted “bad integration practices”, or post-Soviet integration path dependence. Previously it led to slowdown of integration dynamics, decrease of effectiveness as well as decay of integration structures. In order to escape it, the EAEU should strive to increase its effectiveness on the basic of selecting valid integration
model, working out straightforward integration strategy and proper usage of mechanisms of integration cooperation.
The issue of finding common grounds between the EEU and the EU especially important given the fact that the Eurasian Union is a bloc led by Russia - one of the biggest European trade partner and long-standing political counterpart, which within a couple of years is at odds with the EU due to the political problems, connected with the Ukrainian conflict as well as the geopolitical tension between Russia and the West.
The start of the dialogue between the EU and the EEU, which has the certain potential, seems rather unlike to place in short- and medium-term perspective. In order to start the dialogue both parties have to solve not only economic issues (institutionalization of relationship, harmonization of trade), but also improve political agenda by starting to elaborate a joint agenda.
The main point for the time being: the interrelationship between the EEU and the EU could evolve within the co-existence scenario, which envisages maintenance of the current status-quo – noninstitutionalized relationship. In order to change it as well as to single out the appropriate approach for framing the future relationship with the Eurasian Economic Union the European Union should take into account many factors, putting the special emphasis on the Russia's role within the EEU as well as conflicting nature of Eurasian project, which is only to prove its viability as integration structure.
к ряду проблем. Одной из основных является подверженность влиянию прежних интеграционных практик, неоднократно приводивших к замедлению интеграционной динамики и снижению эффективности интеграционных процессов, а также уменьшению роли интеграционных структур
на постсоветском пространстве. В целях предотвращения этого ЕАЭС необходимо стремиться максимально повысить эффективность своей деятельности на основе выбора приемлемой модели интеграционного развития, выработки четкой интеграционной стратегии и правильного применения
механизмов интеграционного сотрудничества.
The article analyzes the issue of development of regional integration processes and formation of integration structures within post-Soviet space. Within the last decade one of the most dynamically
evolving regional integration project is so called the “Eurasian project”? connected with the creation of Eurasian economic union (EAEU). At the moment this integration structure is not a full-fledged one and is
susceptible to a number of specific risks. One of the major one is dependence on the deep-rooted “bad integration practices”, or post-Soviet integration path dependence. Previously it led to slowdown of integration dynamics, decrease of effectiveness as well as decay of integration structures. In order to escape it, the EAEU should strive to increase its effectiveness on the basic of selecting valid integration
model, working out straightforward integration strategy and proper usage of mechanisms of integration cooperation.
The issue of finding common grounds between the EEU and the EU especially important given the fact that the Eurasian Union is a bloc led by Russia - one of the biggest European trade partner and long-standing political counterpart, which within a couple of years is at odds with the EU due to the political problems, connected with the Ukrainian conflict as well as the geopolitical tension between Russia and the West.
The start of the dialogue between the EU and the EEU, which has the certain potential, seems rather unlike to place in short- and medium-term perspective. In order to start the dialogue both parties have to solve not only economic issues (institutionalization of relationship, harmonization of trade), but also improve political agenda by starting to elaborate a joint agenda.
The main point for the time being: the interrelationship between the EEU and the EU could evolve within the co-existence scenario, which envisages maintenance of the current status-quo – noninstitutionalized relationship. In order to change it as well as to single out the appropriate approach for framing the future relationship with the Eurasian Economic Union the European Union should take into account many factors, putting the special emphasis on the Russia's role within the EEU as well as conflicting nature of Eurasian project, which is only to prove its viability as integration structure.