Recent studies of Putin-era elites have focused primarily on the role of siloviki. We bring the
focus back to an analysis of the elite continuity within the Soviet regime. By compiling a …

Using the approaches of critical geopolitics, the authors compare Russian official, expert
and media discourses on Russian-Chinese relations and China including such issues as its …

This essay adds to previous research of Putinism an investigation of the political thought and
foreign outlooks of Russia's Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev and Head of …

The war in Ukraine represents a significant turning point in the evolution of Russia's foreign
policy expert community. This essay examines how Russian experts perceive the war and its …

This book draws on extensive ethnographic research undertaken in Russia to show how the
wider sociopolitical context–the political system, relationship between the state and …

Abstract The Visegrád Group has become increasingly known in the European Union as a
controversial coalition that is often critical towards the mainstream direction of EU …

This chapter reviews the scholarship on lobbying in Russia. Neither in the Russian legal
system nor in social and political practice can lobbying be clearly distinguished from …

This chapter reviews the US political institutions relevant for understanding and analyzing
lobbying and contribution activities. We provide an overview of legislation regulating …

В статье рассматривается концепт государства-рантье и определяются его
экономические и политические параметры. Демонстрируется, что хотя изначально …

В статье представлен обзор предметного поля законодательных исследований в
политической науке. Автор раскрывает разницу понятий «законодательный» и …