Russie.NEI.Visions in English

Russie.Eurasie.Visions (formerly Russie.Nei.Visions) is a digital collection created in 2005 by Thomas Gomart and published by the Russia/Eurasia Center of the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri). Its articles are published in three languages (French, English, and Russian). Relying on a network of leading experts and promising young researchers, it offers original analyses intended for public and private decision-makers, researchers, as well as for a wider public interested in the area.

Publications issued

• Vera Grantseva and Rakhimbek Abdrakhmanov, Kazakhstan After the Double Shock of 2022: Political, Economic and Military Consequences, No.140, October 2025.
• Marlène Laruelle, War as Social Elevator: The Socioeconomic Impact of Russian Military Keynesianism, No.139, June 2025.
• Sergey Sukhankin, The Caspian Sea as an Emerging Energy Hub : Potentials and Limitations , No.138, February 2025.
• Pavel Baev, Commanders of Putin's Long War: Purged, Reshuffled and Disgruntled , No.137, December 2024.
• Irina Dezhina, Russia and the New BRICS Countries: Potentials and Limitations of a Scientific and Technological Cooperation , No.136, September 2024.
• Florian Vidal, Russia in the Arctic: The End of Illusions and the Emergence of Strategic Realignments, No.135, August 2024.
• Bobo Lo, Between Aspiration and Reality: Russia in the World (Dis)order, No.134, June 2024.
• Dimitri Minic, La politique russe d'Emmanuel Macron : étapes et racines d'une nouvelles approches, 2017-2024 , No.133, April 2024.
• Vladislav Inozemtsev, Central Asia: Making Use of a Historic Opportunity, No.132, December 2023.
• Régis Genté, Georgia: Another Russian Front, No.131, December 2023.
• Pavel Baev, Russia’s New Challenges in the Baltic/Northern European Theater, No.130, November 2023.
• Vladislav Inozemtsev, The Exodus of the Century: A New Wave of Russian Emigration , No.129, July 2023.
• Florent Parmentier, Moldova, a Political System Under Pressure: Between European Aspirations and War in Ukraine , No.128, May 2023.
• Marlène Laruelle, Russia at War and the Islamic World , No.127, January 2023.
• Dimitri Minic, Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: A Political-Strategic Break?, No.126, March 2022.
• Marlène Laruelle, Russia’s Islam: Balancing Securitization and Integration, No.125, December 2021.
• Sergey Sukhankin, Kaliningrad in the Post-Crimea Russia. A Bastion or a Weak Link? , No.124, September 2021.
• Vladislav Inozemtsev, Russia: Can Economic Difficulties Weaken the Political System? , No.123, August 2021.
• Marlène Laruelle, Russia’s Niche Soft Power: Sources, Targets and Channels of Influence , No.122, April 2021.
• Bobo Lo, The Adaptation Game — Russia and Climate Change, No.121, March 2021.
• Sergey Sukhankin, Russian Private Military Contractors in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strengths, Limitations and Implications, No.120, September 2020.
• Andrey Pyatakov, Russia and Latin America: A Difficult Rapprochement , No.119, July 2020.
• Pavel Baev, Transformation of Russian Strategic Culture: Impacts from Local Wars and Global Confrontation , No.118, June 2020.
• Marlène Laruelle, Russia’s Arctic Policy: A Power Strategy and Its Limits , No.117, March 2020.
• Aleksei Zakharov, Friends in Need: Whither the Russia-India Strategic Partnership? , No.116, October 2019.
• Pavel Baev, Russian Nuclear Modernization and Putin’s Wonder-Missiles: Real Issues and False Posturing , No.115, August 2019.
• Arnaud Kalika, Russia’s "Great Return" to Africa? , No.114, April 2019.
• Marlène Laruelle, Russia’s Militia Groups and their Use at Home and Abroad , No.113, April 2019.
• Nadège Rolland, China’s Ambitions in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus , No.112, December 2018.
• Barbara Kunz, Northern Europe’s Strategic Challenge from Russia: What Political and Military Responses? , No.111, October 2018.
• Ernest Vardanean, Moldova between Russia and the West: Internal Divisions behind the Commitment to European Integration , No.110, August 2018.
• Dima Adamsky, Moscow’s Syria Campaign: Russian Lessons for the Art of Strategy , No.109, July 2018.
• Bobo Lo, Chutzpah and Realism: Vladimir Putin and the Making of Russian Foreign Policy , No.108, June 2018.
• Pavel Baev, From Chechnya to Syria: The Evolution of Russia’s Counter-Terrorist Policy , No.107, April 2018.
• Jean-Robert Raviot, Putinism: A Praetorian System? , No.106, March 2018.
• Sarah Fainberg, Russian Spetsnaz, Contractors and Volunteers in the Syrian Conflict , No.105, December 2017.
• Céline Pajon, Japan-Russia: The Limits of a Strategic Rapprochement , No.104, October 2017.
• Mikhail Suslov, “Russian World”: Russia’s Policy towards its Diaspora , No.103, July 2017.
• Anaïs Marin, Minsk-Beijing: What Kind of Strategic Partnership? , No.102, June 2017.
• Isabelle Facon, Reforming Ukrainian Defense: No Shortage of Challenges , No.101, May 2017.
• Bobo Lo, New Order for Old Triangles? The Russia-China-India Matrix , No.100, April 2017.
• Marlène Laruelle, Kadyrovism: Hardline Islam as a Tool of the Kremlin? , No.99, March 2017.
• Erlan Karin, Central Asia: Facing Radical Islam , No.98, February 2017.
• Pavel Baev, Russia and Central and Eastern Europe: between Confrontation and Collusion , No.97, November 2016.
• Vladislav Inozemtsev, Russia's Economic Modernization: The Causes of a Failure , No.96, September 2016.
• Vyacheslav Likhachev, The Far Right in the Conflict between Russia and Ukraine , No.95, July 2016.
• Dmitri Trenin, Russia’s Asia Strategy: Bolstering the Eagle’s Eastern Wing , No.94, June 2016.
• Alexander Shumilin, Russia's Diplomacy in the Middle East: Back to Geopolitics , No.93, May 2016.
• Bobo Lo, The Illusion of Convergence: Russia, China, and the BRICS , No.92, March 2016.
• Lyubov Bisson, Russia’s Immigration Policy: New Challenges and Tools , No.91, January 2016.
• Leonid Polyakov, "Conservatism" in Russia: Political Tool or Historical Choice? , No.90, December 2015.
• Ivan Timofeev and Elena Alekseenkova, Eurasia in Russian Foreign Policy: Interests, Opportunities and Constraints,No.89, December 2015.
• Igor Bunin,and Alexey Makarkin, Russia: Business and State , No.88, November 2015.
• Mikhail Korostikov, Leaving to Come Back: Russian Senior Officials and the State-Owned Companies , No.87, August 2015.
• Vladimir Milov, Russia's New Energy Alliances: Mythology versus Reality , No.86, July 2015.
• Igor Delanoë, The Kurds: A Channel of Russian Influence in the Middle East? , No.85, June 2015.
• Tatiana Kastueva-Jean, Russia's Domestic Evolution, what Impact on its Foreign Policy , No.84, April 2015.
• Olena Bagno-Moldavsky, The Jewish Diaspora and the Russo-Ukrainian Crisis , No.83, March 2015.
• Bobo Lo, Frontiers New and Old: Russia’s Policy in Central Asia , No.82, January 2015.
• Marcin Koscienkowski and William Schreiber, Moldova's National Minorities: Why are they Euroskeptical? , No.81, November 2014.
• Nina Tynkkynen, Russia and Global Climate Governance , No.80, September 2014.
• Pyotr Kiryushin, "Green Economy": Opportunities and Constraints for Russian Companies , No.79, August 2014.
• Oleg Grytsaienko, The Crisis in Ukraine: An Insider's View , No.78, June 2014.
• Irina Dezhina, Russia's Academy of Sciences' Reform: Causes and Consequences for Russian Science , No.77, May 2014.
• Mikhail Korostikov, Russia: Youth and Politics , No.76, April 2014.
• Pavel Baev, Rosneft, Gazprom and the Government: the Decision-Making Triangle on Russia's Energy Policy , No.75, March 2014.
• Dominik Tolksdorf, The EU, Russia and the Eastern Partnership: What Dynamics under the New German Government? , No.74, February 2014.
• Andrei Panibratov, The Influence of the State on Expanding Russian MNEs: Advantage or Handicap? , No.73, December 2013.
• Céline Pajon, Japan-Russia: Toward a Strategic Partnership? , No.72, September 2013.
• Ekaterina Stepanova, Afghanistan after 2014: The Way Forward for Russia , No.71, May 2013
• Nina Poussenkova, Russia's Eastern Energy Policy: A Chinese Puzzle for Rosneft , No.70, April 2013.
• Rémi Bourgeot, Russia-Turkey: A Relationship Shaped by Energy , No.69, March 2013.
• Ahmed Mehdi and Shamil Yenikeyeff, Governors, Oligarchs, and Siloviki: Oil and Power in Russia , No.68, February 2013.
• Richard Weitz, Deja Vu with BMD: The Improbability of Russia-NATO Missile Defense , No.67, January 2013.
• Dmitri Miroshnichenko, The WTO and the Customs Union: What Consequences for the Russian Banking Sector? , No.66, October 2012.
• Pavel Baev, Russia's Arctic Policy and the Northern Fleet Modernization , No.65, August 2012.
• Dominic Fean, Decoding Russia's WTO Accession , No.64, February 2012.
• Alexey Sidorenko, Russian Digital Dualism: Changing Society, Manipulative State , No.63, December 2011.
• Nadezhda Arbatova, Italy, Russia's Voice in Europe? , No.62, September 2011.
• Aleksey Malashenko, What the North Caucasus Means to Russia , No.61, July 2011.
• Pavel Baev, The Caucasus: a Hotbed of Terrorism in Metamorphosis , No.60, July 2011.
• Julien Nocetti, "Digital Kremlin": Power and the Internet in Russia , No.59, April 2011.
• Alena Ledeneva and Stanislav Shekshina, Doing Business in Russia: Informal Practices and Anti-Corruption Strategies , No.58, March 2011.
• Irina Dezhina, Developing Research in Russian Universities , No.57, February 2011.
• Olena Bagno and Zvi Magen, Israel's Immigrant Parties: An Inefficient Russia Lobby , No.56, December 2010.
• Andrej Kreutz, Syria: Russia's Best Asset in the Middle East , No.55, November 2010.
• Stephen Blank, Russia's Far East Policy: Looking Beyond China , No.54, August 2010.
• R. Craig Nation, Results of the 'Reset' in US-Russian Relations , No.53, July 2010.
• Julien Nocetti, From Moscow to Mecca: Russia's Saudi Arabian Diplomacy , No.52, June 2010.
• Richard Sakwa, Russia and Turkey: Rethinking Europe to Contest Outsider Status , No.51, May 2010.
• Thomas Gomart, Europe in Russian Foreign Policy: Important but no longer Pivotal , No.50, May 2010.
• Mark N. Katz, Russia's Greater Middle East Policy: Securing Economic Interests, Courting Islam , No.49, April 2010.
• Jeffrey Mankoff, Internal and External Impact of Russia's Economic Crisis , No.48, March 2010.
• Bobo Lo, Russia, China and the United States: From Strategic Triangularism to the Postmodern Triangle , No.47, February 2010.
• Timofei Bordachev, Georgia, Obama, the Economic Crisis: Shifting Ground in Russia-EU Relations , No.46, January 2010.
• Andrei Tsygankov, What Is China To Us? Westernizers and Sinophiles in Russian Foreign Policy , No.45, December 2009.
• Dominic Fean, Making Good Use of the EU in Georgia: "Eastern Partnership and Conflict Policy" , No.44, September 2009.
• Jean-Philippe Tardieu, Russia and the “Eastern Partnership” after the War in Georgia , No.43, August 2009.
• Eva Hagström Frisell and Ingmar Oldberg, “Cool Neighbors”: Sweden’s EU Presidency and Russia , No.42, July 2009.
• Anatoly Vichnevsky, The Challenges of Russia’s Demographic Crisis , No.41, June 2009.
• Aurel Braun, NATO and Russia: Post-Georgia Threat Perceptions , No.40, May 2009.
• Thomas Gomart, Obama and Russia: Facing the Heritage of the Bush Years , No.39, April 2009.
• Stephen Blank, Russia in Latin America: Geopolitical Games in the US’s Neighborhood , No.38, April 2009.
• Roger McDermott, Russia’s Armed Forces: The Power of Illusion , No.37, March 2009.
• Nargis Kassenova, China as an Emerging Donor in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan , No.36, January 2009.
• Didier Chaudet, Islamist Terrorism in Greater Central Asia: The “Al-Qaedaization” of Uzbek Jihadism , No.35, December 2008.
• Stephen Aris, Russian Chinese Relations through the Lens of the SCO , No.34, September 2008.
• Andrey Kortunov, Academic Cooperation between Russia and the US. Moving Beyond Technical Aid? , No.33, August 2008.
• Kerry Longhurst, Injecting More Differentiation in European Neighbourhood Policy: What Consequences for Ukraine? , No.32, July 2008.
• Adrian Dellecker, Caspian Pipeline Consortium, Bellwether of Russia’s Investment Climate? , No.31, June 2008.
• Carole Sigman, The Impact of "New Public Management" on Russian Higher Education , No.30, April 2008.
• Boris Saltykov, Higher Education in Russia: How to Overcome the Soviet Heritage? , No.29, April 2008.
• Tatiana Kastueva-Jean, Higher Education, the Key to Russia's Competitiveness , No.28, April 2008.
• Gaïdz Minassian, Armenia, a Russian Outpost in the Caucasus? , No.27, February 2008.
• Catherine Locatelli, EU Gas Liberalization as a Driver of Gazprom's Strategies? , No.26, February 2008.
• Jakub M. Godzimirski, High Stakes in the High North. Russian-Norwegian Relations and their Implication for the EU , No.25, December 2007.
• Dominique Finon, Russia and the "Gas-OPEC". Real or Perceived Threat? , No.24, November 2007.
• Thomas Gomart, Paris and the EU-Russia Dialogue: A New Impulse with Nicolas Sarkozy? , No.23, October 2007.
• Louis-Marie Clouet, Rosoboronexport, Spearhead of the Russian Arms Industry , No.22, September 2007.
• Oksana Antonenko, Russia and the Deadlock over Kosovo , No.21, July 2007.
• Nadezhda Arbatova, Russie-EU beyond 2007. Russian Domestic Debates , No.20, June 2007.
• Arnaud Dubien, The Opacity of Russian-Ukrainian Energy Relations, No.19, May 2007.
• Jérôme Guillet, Gazprom as a Predictable Partner. Another Reading of the Russian-Ukrainian and Russian-Belarusian Energy Crises , No.18, March 2007.
• Christophe-Alexandre Paillard, Gazprom, the Fastest Way to Energy Suicide , No.17, March 2007.
• Julien Vercueil, Russia and the WTO: On the Finishing Stretch , No.16, February 2007.
• Jean-Pierre Massias, Russia and the Council of Europe: Ten Years Wasted? , No.15, January 2007.
• Tatiana Kastueva-Jean, The "Greatness and Misery" of Higher Education in Russia , No.14, September 2006.
• Vladimir Milov, The EU-Russia Energy Dialogue: Competition Versus Monopolies , No.13, September 2006.
• Murat Laumulin, The Shanghai Cooperation Organization as "Geopolitical Bluff?" A View from Astana , No.12, July 2006.
• Tracey German, Abkhazia and South Ossetia: Collision of Georgian and Russian Interests , No.11, June 2006.
• Special Issue: Workshop on EU-Russia relations, No.10, May 2006:
  • Andrew Monaghan, Russia, NATO and the EU: A European Security Triangle or Shades of a New Entente?.
  • Thomas Gomart, The EU and Russia: the Needed Balance Between Geopolitics and Regionalism.
  • Timofei Bordachev, Representing Private Interests to Increase Trust in Russia-EU Relations.
  • Michael Thumann, Multiplying Sources as the Best Strategy for EU-Russia Energy Relations .

• James Sherr, Ukraine's Scissors: between Internal Weakness and External Dependence , No.9, March 2006.
• Fiona Hill and Omer Taspinar, Russia and Turkey in the Caucasus: Moving Together to Preserve the Status Quo? , No.8, January 2006.
• Timofei Bordachev, UE Crisis: What Opportunities for Russia? , No.7, October 2005.
• Double issue on Russian-German relations, No.6, September 2005:
  • Andrei Zagorski, Russia and Germany: Continuity and Changes.
  • Hannes Adomeit, Germany's Policy on Russia: End of the Honeymoon?.
• Andrew Monaghan, From Plans to Substance: EU-Russia Relations During the British Presidency , No.5, August 2005.
• Irina Dezhina, Russian Scientists: Where Are they? Where Are They Going? Human Resources and Research Policy in Russia , No.4, June 2005.
• William Tompson, Re-Writing Russia's Subsoil Law: from Sovereignty to Civil Law? , No.3, May 2005.
• Dov Lynch, Shared Neighbourhood or New Frontline? The Crossroads in Moldova , No.2, April 2005.
• Bobo Lo, A Fine Balance - The Strange Case of Sino-Russian Relations, No.1, April 2005.

Russie.Eurasie.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.

• Dimitri Minic, Russia's Nuclear Deterrence Put to the Test by the War in Ukraine , No.49, October 2025.
• Yuri Fedorov, Russian Military Manpower After Two and a Half Years of War in Ukraine , No.48, November 2024.
• Dmitri Goudkov, Vladislav Inozemtsev, Dmitri Nekrassov, The New Russian Diaspora: Europe’s Challenge and Opportunity , No.47, June 2024.
• Marlène Laruelle, Russia’s Ideological Construction in the Context of the War in Ukraine , No.46, March 2024.
• Olivier Ferrando, Islam, politique et société en Ouzbékistan : enquête sur le renouveau religieux de la jeunesse ouzbèke , No.45, January 2024.
• Dimitri Minic, What Does the Russian Army Think About its War in Ukraine? Criticisms, Recommendations, Adaptations , No.44, September 2023.
• Florian Vidal, Russia’s Mining Strategy: Geopolitical Ambitions and Industrial Challenges , No.43, April 2023.
• Bobo Lo, The Sino-Russian Partnership: Assumptions, Myths and Realities , No.42, March 2023.
• Michaël Levystone, Connectivity in Central Asia at the Crossroads of International Crises: Transport, Energy and Water from Interdependence to New Cooperation Ways , No.41, November 2022.
• Pavel Baev, Russia’s War in Ukraine: Misleading Doctrine, Misguided Strategy , No.40, October 2022.
• Michaël Levystone, Le Kazakhstan à l’épreuve des crises : des émeutes de janvier 2022 à la guerre en Ukraine , No.39, September 2022.
• Régis Genté, Cercles dirigeants russes : infaillible loyauté au système Poutine ? , No.38, July 2022.
• Clément Therme, The Russian-Iran Partnership in a Multipolar World , No.37, March 2022.
• Bobo Lo, Rewinding the Clock? US-Russia Relations in the Biden Era, No.36, February 2022.
• Pavel Baev, Russia and Turkey. Strategic Partners and Rivals, No.35, May 2021.
• Julien Nocetti, The Outsider: Russia in the Race for Artificial Intelligence , No.34, December 2020.
• Leonid Litra and Alyona Getmanchuk, One Year of Zelensky’s Presidency: One Step Forward, One Step Back, No.33, October 2020.
• Andrey Paratnikau (Porotnikov), Un régime dans la tourmente : le système de sécurité intérieure et extérieure du Bélarus , No. 32, August 2020.
• Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, (dir.), Olga Konkka, Nikolaï Koposov, Emilia Koustova, Denis Volkov, Tatiana Zhurzhenko, Mémoire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale dans la Russie actuelle , No. 31, June 2020.
• Olga Konkka, Quand la guerre s’invite à l’école : la militarisation de l’enseignement en Russie , No. 30, May 2020.
• Bobo Lo, The Return: Russia and the Security Landscape of Northeast Asia , No. 29, March 2020.
• Tatiana Mitrova and Vitaly Yermakov, Russia’s Energy Strategy-2035: Struggling to Remain Relevant , No. 28, December 2019.
• Bobo Lo, Greater Eurasia: The Emperor’s New Clothes or an Idea whose Time Has Come? , No. 27, July 2019.
• Dmitry Gorenburg and Paul Schwartz, Russia's Relations with South-East Asia , No. 26, March 2019.
• Vladislav Inozemtsev, Kremlin-Linked Forces in Ukraine's 2019 Elections: On the Brink of Revenge? , No. 25, February 2019.
• Stephen Blank and Younkyoo Kim, Making Sense of Russia's Policy in Afghanistan , No. 24, September 2018.
• Ekaterina Stepanova, Russia’s Afghan Policy in the Regional and Russia-West Contexts , No. 23, May 2018.
• Richard Sakwa, Russo-British Relations in the Age of Brexit , No. 22, February 2018.
• Aurélie Bros, There Will Be Gas: Gazprom's Transport Strategy in Europe , No. 21, October 2015.
• Julien Nocetti, Guerre de l'information : le web russe dans le conflit en Ukraine , No. 20, September 2015.
• Pavel Baev, Ukraine: a Test for Russian Military Reforms , No. 19, May 2015.
• Aurélie Bros, Gazprom in Europe: a Business Doomed to Fail? , No. 18, July 2014.
• Bobo Lo, Russia's Eastern Direction—Distinguishing the Real from the Virtual , No. 17, January 2014.
• Tatiana Mitrova, Russian LNG: The Long Road to Export , No. 16, December 2013.
• Pascal Grouiez, OMC: quel impact pour le secteur agricole russe ? , No. 15, December 2012.
• Nargis Kassenova, Kazakhstan and Eurasian Economic Integration: Quick Start, Mixed Results and Uncertain Future , No. 14, November 2012.
• Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, Entreprises et universités russes : de la coopération au recrutement , No. 13, October 2012.
• Alicja Curanovic, The Religious Diplomacy of the Russian Federation , No. 12, June 2012.
• Olga Shumylo-Tapiola, Ukraine at the Crossroads: Between the EU DCFTA and Customs Union , No. 11, April 2012.
• Julien Nocetti, Le Web en Russie : de la virtualité à la réalité politique ? , No. 10, March 2012.
• Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, Université fédérale de l'Oural, une futur "Harvard régionale"? , No. 9, January 2012.
• Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, L'université Goubkine: réservoir de cadres pour le secteur pétrolier et gazier , No. 8, June 2011.
• Dominic Fean, Economic Constraint and Ukraine's Security Policy , No. 7, May 2011.
• Bobo Lo, How the Chinese See Russia , No. 6, December 2010.
• Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, "Soft power" russe: discours, outils, impact , No. 5, October 2010.
• Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, Les universités privées, "mal-aimées" de l'enseignement supérieur russe , No. 4, September 2010.
• Carole Sigman, L'université technique Bauman: un atout majeur de la politique industrielle russe , No. 3, March 2010.
• Carole Sigman, Le Haut collège d'économie: école de commerce, université et think tank , No. 2, October 2009.
• Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, Projet MISiS": futur modèle de l'enseignement supérieur en Russie? , No. 1, October 2009.

See also

• Foreign relations of Russia
• Gazprom
• Thomas Gomart