Home>Vera Ageeva
Research Interest(s): Russia and China in Central Asia, Russian soft power, French soft power
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia, Russia
Country(ies): France, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Biography
Graduated from Philosophy department, French language department and School of International Relations at St.Petersburg state university. Served as international relations expert at St.Petersburg City Administration in 2008-2016. Undertook an internship at Chicago City Hall, USA (2012). Defended a thesis of candidate of science in international Relations at St.Petersburg State University in 2016 (topic - Russian soft power). Since 2017 - associate professor at Higher School of Economics (St.Petersburg). Since 2018 director of HSE French Club. Since 2020 - representative of 'Francophonie sans frontières' in Russia.
Current Research
Russia and China in Central Asia, Russian soft power, French soft power
Thesis topic
Russian and Chinese grand strategies in Kazakhstan, supervised by Thierry Balzacq et Kathy Rousselet
Teaching
Espace mondial, Sciences Po (Le Havre Campus), licence
publications
- Vera Ageeva, Sergei Akopov. ‘Global Russians’: A Case Study of Transnational Actors in World Politics. Europe-Asia Studies, 2022, 74 (8), pp.1325-1349. ⟨10.1080/09668136.2022.2063262⟩. ⟨hal-03691677⟩
- Vera Ageeva. The Rise and Fall of Russia’s Soft Power. Results of the Past Twenty Years. Russia in Global Affairs, 2021, 19 (1 (January/March 2021))), pp.118 - 145. ⟨10.31278/1810-6374-2021-19-1-118-145⟩. ⟨hal-03384661⟩
- Sandra Fernandes, Vera Ageeva. New Russian Geopolitics: Reviving Past Perceptions and Ambitions. Nuno Morgado. Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century: Territories, Identities, and Foreign Policies, Nova Science Publishers, 2021, 9781536190359. ⟨hal-03283893⟩
- Vera Ageeva. J – Justice (Glossary of Russian foreign policy). Russia in Global Affairs, 2020, 18 (1), pp.99 - 104. ⟨10.31278/1810-6374-2020-18-1-99-104⟩. ⟨hal-03384660⟩
- Sandra Dias Fernandes, Vera Ageeva. Facing China in Eurasia: The Russian Perspective. Francisco José B. S Leandro; Paulo Afonso B Duarte. The Belt and Road Initiative. An Old Archetype of a New Development Model, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.523 - 540, 2020, 9789811525636. ⟨10.1007/978-981-15-2564-3_21⟩. ⟨hal-03381032⟩
- Vera Ageeva. Le soft power russe dans les pays baltes. [Rapport de recherche] Observatoire franco-russe. 2019, pp.95 - 97. ⟨hal-03456045⟩
