Richard Sakwa
- Leading Research Fellow:Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs / International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism
- Richard Sakwa has been at HSE University since 2018.
Responsibilities
- scientific management of the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism;
- edition of scientific publications issued by the laboratory;
- coordination of scientific work of the laboratory.
After graduating in History from the London School of Economics, he took a PhD from the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham. He held lectureships at the Universities of Essex and California, Santa Cruz, before joining the University of Kent in 1987. He has published widely on Soviet, Russian and post-communist affairs. Books include Communism in Russia (2010); The Crisis of Russian Democracy: The Dual State, Factionalism and the Medvedev Succession (2011); Putin and the Oligarch: The Khodorkovsky - Yukos Affair (2014) and Putin Redux: Power and Contradiction in Contemporary Russia (2014). His latest book is Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands (2015). His book Russia against the Rest: The Post-Cold War Crisis of World Order will be published in late 2017.
Education and Degrees
- 1984
PhD
University of Birmingham - 1975
BA
London School of Economics and Political Science
Projects
- Book on ‘Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands’, paperback edition
- The Dual State and Reiderstvo in Russia
- The Cold Peace: Russia and the Problem of International Order
Publications15
- Book Маслова Е. А., Sakwa R., Devyatkin P., Magri P., Siddi M., Tskhay A., Xenarios S., Neafie J. Environment in Times of War: Climate and Energy Challenges in the Post-Soviet Region. Milan : Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), 2022. doi (in press)
- Article Krickovic A., Sakwa R. Introduction: From Greater Europe to Greater Eurasia // Journal of Eurasian Studies. 2021. Vol. 12. No. 1. P. 3-4. doi
- Article Sakwa R. Sad delusions: The decline and rise of Greater Europe // Journal of Eurasian Studies. 2021. Vol. 12. No. 1. P. 5-18. doi
- Book Sakwa R., Hale H., White S. Developments in Russian Politics / Ed. by R. Sakwa, H. Hale, S. White. Vol. 9. L. : Macmillan, 2018.
- Article Sakwa R. The Ukraine Syndrome and Europe: Between Norms and Space // The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review. 2018. No. 44. P. 9-31. doi
- Article Sakwa R. Europe and the Political: From Axiological Monism to Pluralistic Dialogism // East European Politics. 2017. Vol. 33. No. 3. P. 406-425. doi
- Book Sakwa R. Russia against the Rest: The Post-Cold War Crisis of World Order. Cambridge University Press, 2017. doi
- Article Sakwa R. Back to the Wall: Myths and Mistakes that Once Again Divide Europe // Russian Politics. 2016. Vol. 1. No. 1. P. 1-26. doi
- Article Sakwa R. How the Eurasian Elites Envisage the Role of the EEU in Global Perspective // European Politics and Society. 2016. Vol. 17. No. S1. P. 4-22. doi
- Article Саква Р. Кризис мирового порядка: Россия в поисках выхода из тупика // Полис. Политические исследования. 2016 doi
- Article Саква Р. Образы мирового порядка после холодной войны // Русская политология. 2016. № 1. С. 80-87.
- Article Sakwa R. The Death of Europe? Continental Fates after Ukraine // International Affairs. 2015. Vol. 91. No. 3. P. 553-579. doi
- Book Петров Н., Никитин А. И., Куликов А. С., Саква Р., Рутланд П., Ознобищев С. К., Мельвиль А. Ю., Гаман-Голутвина О. В. Post-Soviet Elites: Structure Shifting and Value Orientations. 20 Years of Post-Soviet Development. Сеул : Hankuk University of Foreign Studie, 2011.
Editorial board membership
1989: Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics.
1989: Member of the Editorial Board ( DOMESTIC & COMPARATIVE POLITICS COMMITTEE), Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society.
Employment history
After graduating in History from the London School of Economics, he took a PhD from the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham. He held lectureships at the Universities of Essex and California, Santa Cruz, before joining the University of Kent in 1987. He has published widely on Soviet, Russian and post-communist affairs. Books include Communism in Russia (2010); The Crisis of Russian Democracy: The Dual State, Factionalism and the Medvedev Succession (2011); Putin and the Oligarch: The Khodorkovsky - Yukos Affair (2014) and Putin Redux: Power and Contradiction in Contemporary Russia (2014). His latest book is Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands (2015). His book Russia against the Rest: The Post-Cold War Crisis of World Order will be published in late 2017.
The 31st Session of Eurasian Online Seminar with Richard Sakwa
On Monday, 20 December 2021, The Department of International Relations and International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism of National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) held the 31st session of Eurasian Online Seminar.
The 30th Session of Eurasian Online Seminar. International Panel
On Wednesday, 15 December 2021, The Department of International Relations and International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism of National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) heldthe thirtieth session of Eurasian Online Seminarin the form of discussion panel. The topic for discussion was the presentation of the Special Issue of the Russian Politics journal (Volume 6 (2021): Issue 4 (Oct 2021) on Russian Foreign Policy, edited by Iain Ferguson, Andrej Krickovic, Alexander Lukin and Richard Sakwa.
The 28th Session of Eurasian Online Seminar. International Panel
On Wednesday, October 27, 2021, the Department of International Relations and International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism of the National Research University Higher School of Economics held the twenty-eight session of Eurasian Online Seminar. The seminar was held in the form of discussion panel. The topic for discussion was “The Politization of the Covid 19 Pandemic: Views from various Countries and Regions”.
ID Conference: Richard Sakwa about Inequality, Diversity and International Politics
Meet our keynote speaker – Richard Sakwa, Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent and Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RISI). His talk at the IDC 2020 will explain how diversity and inequality are present in the current international political order and why realists’ ideas are back on the agenda for the globalization context.
An Open Lecture by Professor Richard Sakwa from the University of Kent
On December 11 in the HSE, with the participation of the International Laboratory for Study of World Order and New Regionalism, an open lecture was held by the professor of the University of Kent at Canterbury, Richard Sakwa, on the topic “Russia's Futures”.
An open lecture of Richard Sakwa was held
On February 22, an open lecture was held by Richard Sakwa, a famous British political scientist, a specialist in the study of political processes in Russia and a leading foreign scientist in HSE International Laboratory of World Order and New Regionalism. The lecture was devoted to the review of modern theories and approaches to international relations analysis, in particular, it was Atlanticism as a concept rethinking, interpreting of existing global order transformation.
Professor Andrej Krickovic participated in the conference “Russia’s Power: Instruments and Dilemmas”
On November 29 Professor Andrej Krickovic participated in the conference “Russia’s Power: Instruments and Dilemmas” hosted by the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) in Paris.