Chercheur
Vera Ageeva
vera.ageeva@sciencespo.fr
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.
Thesis
Russian and Chinese grand strategies in Kazakhstan, supervised by Thierry Balzacq et Kathy Rousselet
Work in Progress
Russia and China in Central Asia, Russian soft power, French soft power
Research Interests
Russian strategy in Central Asia, Russian soft power, French soft power, Russian-French relations
Last Publications
- The Rise and Fall of Russia’s Soft Power. Results of the Past Twenty Years (Article dans une revue avec comité de lecture)
- New Russian Geopolitics: Reviving Past Perceptions and Ambitions (Chapitre d’ouvrage)
- J – Justice (Glossary of Russian foreign policy) (Article dans une revue avec comité de lecture)
- Facing China in Eurasia: The Russian Perspective (Chapitre d’ouvrage)
- Le soft power russe dans les pays baltes (Partie de rapport)