Publications

13 FEBRUARY 2О26

Mapping the MilTech War: Eight Lessons from Ukraine’s Battlefield

Bohdan Kostiuk, Daryna Patiuk, Anastasiya Shapochkina , Élie Tenenbaum

12 JANUARY 2О26

Strategic Adaptation and the Rise of Sustainable Air Defense

Bohdan Kostiuk

15 DECEMBER 2О25

Electronic warfare in the Russian war on Ukraine

Rodolphe Oberle, Daryna Patiuk

JUNE 2О25

European Steel Imports from Russia: Implications for strategic autonomy in defense

Daryna Patiuk, Bohdan Kostiuk, Anastasiya Shapochkina

May 2025

Integrating Ukraine into the European defense industry: barriers and enablers of cooperation with Ukraine deftech ecosystem

Anastasiya Shapochkina

February 2025

How China Has Become the Lord of War Drones: Supply Chain Domination of FPV and four-rotor UAV, and the Lessons from Ukraine

Bohdan Kostiuk

September 2024

New Maritime Warfare

Daryna Patiuk

June 2024

The war of drones

Daryna Patiuk, Rodolphe Oberle

22 May 2024

The future of Ukraine’s defense

Anastasiya Shapochkina, Hanna Shelest

February 2024

India-Russia cooperation in the military industry

Charlotte Souyris, Anastasiya Shapochkina

June 2023

Russian-Chinese alliance in the energy sector, and how it has evolved since the invasion of Ukraine

Anastasiya Shapochkina, Velina Tchakarova

14 NOVEMBER 2023

Russian and Chinese involvement in Afghanistan since the US retreat

Anastasiya Shapochkina, Paul Cmok

22 SEPTEMBER 2023

Russian-Chinese alliance in artificial intelligence, and how it has evolved since the invasion of Ukraine

Sebastian Linke, Velina Tchakarova

JUNE 2023

What Prigozhin’s death teaches us about Russia? (Brief)

Eastern Circles Update

22 MaY 2023

Wagner as tool of Russian geopolitical strategy: lessons from Ukraine

Régis Genté, Rodolphe Oberle, Hennadiy Maksak, Yan St-Pierre, Anastasiya Shapochkina

30 April 2023

The Role of Ukraine for the EU Energy Security Before and After the War

Marcia Holst

30 April 2023

How the war impacts Russia's influence in Central Asia

Anais Fiault

30 April 2023

Russia-China partnership or rivalry in Africa?

Benedetta Coraglia in partnership with Diplomatie Magazine

1 March 2023

Russian natural gas: the end of Moscow's energy weapon?

Charlotte Souyris in partnership with Diplomatie Magazine

1 March 2023

Energy at the heart of Russian strategy in Ukraine

Anastasiya Shapochkina in partnership with Diplomatie Magazine

3 December 2022

One year of sanctions on Russian oil: how effective?

Philippe Charlez – Institut Sapiens

Hugo Duterne – Association pour l’étude des pics pétrolier et gazier

11 November 2022

Could Lithuania hold the key to Europe's energy security?

Anastasiya Shapochkina in The Conversation

3 December 2022

The roots of the Ukrainian national identity

Anastasiya Shapochkina in The Conversation

11 November 2022

The religious issue between Kyiv and Moscow

Anatolii Babynsky in Diplomatie Magazine

11 November 2022

Ukraine's energy challenges

Anastasiya Shapochkina in Diplomatie Magazine

11 November 2022

Ukraine at the EU's doorstep?

Dmytro Naumenko in Diplomatie Magazine

11 November 2022

The Black Sea, Russian domination without a grip on the war in Ukraine?

Florent Parmentier in Diplomatie Magazine

11 November 2022

Faced with total war, which partners for Ukraine?

Gennadiy Maksak in Diplomatie Magazine

11 November 2022

Ukraine/Russia war: unexpected resistance from Kyiv and failing strategy from Moscow

Volodymyr Datsenko in Diplomatie Magazine

7 September 2022

Turkmenistan energy export strategy

Samuel Frerichs, Aleksander Malyarenko, Dylan van de Ven

15 August 2022

Travel notes from Georgia - Tskaltubo

Dylan van de Ven

17 August 2022

Travel notes from Georgia

Dylan van de Ven

14 June 2022

Travel notes from Estonia

Anastasiya Shapochkina

12 April 2022

The erosion of the Nazarbayev regime through the prism of oil and gas resources

Stanislas de Bourmont

11 April 2022

Severely impacted by Russia’s war in Ukraine, will Central Asian economies finally diversify? 

Dylan van de Ven

6 April 2022

Sanctioned Belarus since 2020

Alexander Malyarenko

1 April 2022

The EU plan to break free from Russian energy

Anastasiya Shapochkina, Gabrielle Valli 

18 March 2022

Central Asian economies sure to be hit hard by sanctions against Russia 

Dylan van de Ven

La revue des juristes de Sciences Po – March 2022

Fit-for-55 and the European energy autonomy

Anastasiya Shapochkina, Gabrielle Valli

Report for the French Ministry of the Armed Forces – DGRIS (in French)

Strategic implications of Turkish-Ukrainian defense industrial cooperation 

Anastasiya Shapochkina, Éléonore Garnier

Editor: General Michel Yakovleff 

16 March 2022

REPowerEU: same tools, new objectives

Gabrielle Valli

14 March 2022

How will the economic sanctions against Russia impact Georgia?

Zhasmin Avetisyan

24 January 2022

Telegram from the field: Protesting in Kazakhstan

Eastern Circles 

12-13 January 2022

Russia NATO Council negotiations and OSCE meeting on Ukraine

Anastasiya Shapochkina

10 January 2022

Results of the US-Russia negotiations on European security

Anastasiya Shapochkina

8 January 2022

Origins and prospects of the tensions in Kazakhstan

Gabrielle Valli

In the first week of January 2022, Kazakhstan has experienced the biggest internal political crisis since independence. Russia, has sent troops to Kazakhstan to stabilize the situation, at the request of Tokayev, using for the first time the CSTO framework.

8 January 2022

Scenarios of the US-Russia negotiations on European security

Anastasiya Shapochkina

 

On January 10, 2022, a ministerial level meeting will take place between the US and Russian diplomats to discuss the issues of Ukraine and the Russian ultimatum to the West on the revision of the European security architecture at large. Building upon the outcomes of a physical meeting between the two countries’ presidents in Geneva in July, a video-conference and a phone call in December 2021, January meeting marks several important developments for the US-Russia relations, the position of Russia on the international stage, and its role the post-Soviet neighborhood, including Ukraine.

Diplomatie, décembre – janvier 2022

Eight years of war in Ukraine

Anastasiya Shapochkina

 A review of the geopolitical and security situation in Ukraine, eight years since the start of the conflict with Russia, including the events leading up to the conflict, the humanitarian situation in the occupied territories of Donbass, and the legal dilemmas for the Ukrainian state.

New Eastern Europe, October 4, 2021

Nazarbayev’s handmade political transition in Kazakhstan

Hubert-Felix Delattre, Charles-Adrien Fourmi, Dylan van de Ven, and Gabrielle Valli

While Kazakhstan’s political transition remains stalled as the same elite holds domestic power both overtly and behind the scenes, external relations will likely become more complex and evolve in a manner undesired by the regime.

Regard sur l’Est, 12 April 2021

Armenia 3 years after the Velvet Revolution: lost in transition?

Eastern Circles (Gabrielle Valli, Eléonore Garnier, Irene Sciurpa, Dylan van der Ven)

New Eastern Europe, Issue 3, April 11, 2021

Not all that glitters is gold

Dylan van der Ven

Regard sur l’Est, 16 November 2020

The revival of Russian rock in the post-Soviet space

Gabrielle Valli

A reminder of the influence and the soft power music can have on street politics. 

June 2024

The war of drones

Daryna Patiuk, Rodolphe Oberle

22 May 2024

The Future of Ukraine’s Defense

Anastasiya Shapochkina, Hanna Shelest

March 2024

The Russian Orthodox Church as an infowar tool

Daryna Patiuk

June 2023

Russian-Chinese alliance in the energy sector, and how it has evolved since the invasion of Ukraine

Anastasiya Shapochkina, Velina Tchakarova

14 NOVEMBER 2023

Russian and Chinese involvement in Afghanistan since the US retreat

Anastasiya Shapochkina, Paul Cmok

22 SEPTEMBER 2023

Russian-Chinese alliance in artificial intelligence, and how it has evolved since the invasion of Ukraine

Sebastian Linke, Velina Tchakarova

JUNE 2023

What Prigozhin’s death teaches us about Russia? (Brief)

Eastern Circles Update

22 MaY 2023

Wagner as tool of Russian geopolitical strategy: lessons from Ukraine

Régis Genté, Rodolphe Oberle, Hennadiy Maksak, Yan St-Pierre, Anastasiya Shapochkina

30 April 2023

The Role of Ukraine for the EU Energy Security Before and After the War

Marcia Holst

30 April 2023

How the war impacts Russia's influence in Central Asia

Anais Fiault

30 April 2023

Russia-China partnership or rivalry in Africa?

Benedetta Coraglia in partnership with Diplomatie Magazine

1 March 2023

Russian natural gas: the end of Moscow's energy weapon?

Charlotte Souyris in partnership with Diplomatie Magazine

1 March 2023

Energy at the heart of Russian strategy in Ukraine

Anastasiya Shapochkina in partnership with Diplomatie Magazine

3 December 2022

One year of sanctions on Russian oil: how effective?

Philippe Charlez – Institut Sapiens

Hugo Duterne – Association pour l’étude des pics pétrolier et gazier

11 November 2022

Could Lithuania hold the key to Europe's energy security?

Anastasiya Shapochkina in The Conversation

3 December 2022

The roots of the Ukrainian national identity

Anastasiya Shapochkina in The Conversation

11 November 2022

The religious issue between Kyiv and Moscow

Anatolii Babynsky in Diplomatie Magazine

11 November 2022

Ukraine's energy challenges

Anastasiya Shapochkina in Diplomatie Magazine

11 November 2022

Ukraine at the EU's doorstep?

Dmytro Naumenko in Diplomatie Magazine

11 November 2022

The Black Sea, Russian domination without a grip on the war in Ukraine?

Florent Parmentier in Diplomatie Magazine

11 November 2022

Faced with total war, which partners for Ukraine?

Gennadiy Maksak in Diplomatie Magazine

11 November 2022

Ukraine/Russia war: unexpected resistance from Kyiv and failing strategy from Moscow

Volodymyr Datsenko in Diplomatie Magazine

7 September 2022

Turkmenistan energy export strategy

Samuel Frerichs, Aleksander Malyarenko, Dylan van de Ven

15 August 2022

Travel notes from Georgia - Tskaltubo

Dylan van de Ven

17 August 2022

Travel notes from Georgia

Dylan van de Ven

14 June 2022

Travel notes from Estonia

Anastasiya Shapochkina

12 April 2022

The erosion of the Nazarbayev regime through the prism of oil and gas resources

Stanislas de Bourmont

11 April 2022

Severely impacted by Russia’s war in Ukraine, will Central Asian economies finally diversify? 

Dylan van de Ven

6 April 2022

Sanctioned Belarus since 2020

Alexander Malyarenko

1 April 2022

The EU plan to break free from Russian energy

Anastasiya Shapochkina, Gabrielle Valli 

18 March 2022

Central Asian economies sure to be hit hard by sanctions against Russia 

Dylan van de Ven

La revue des juristes de Sciences Po – March 2022

Fit-for-55 and the European energy autonomy

Anastasiya Shapochkina, Gabrielle Valli

Report for the French Ministry of the Armed Forces – DGRIS (in French)

Strategic implications of Turkish-Ukrainian defense industrial cooperation 

Anastasiya Shapochkina, Éléonore Garnier

Editor: General Michel Yakovleff 

16 March 2022

REPowerEU: same tools, new objectives

Gabrielle Valli

14 March 2022

How will the economic sanctions against Russia impact Georgia?

Zhasmin Avetisyan

24 January 2022

Telegram from the field: Protesting in Kazakhstan

Eastern Circles 

12-13 January 2022

Russia NATO Council negotiations and OSCE meeting on Ukraine

Anastasiya Shapochkina

10 January 2022

Results of the US-Russia negotiations on European security

Anastasiya Shapochkina

8 January 2022

Origins and prospects of the tensions in Kazakhstan

Gabrielle Valli

In the first week of January 2022, Kazakhstan has experienced the biggest internal political crisis since independence. Russia, has sent troops to Kazakhstan to stabilize the situation, at the request of Tokayev, using for the first time the CSTO framework.

8 January 2022

Scenarios of the US-Russia negotiations on European security

Anastasiya Shapochkina

 

On January 10, 2022, a ministerial level meeting will take place between the US and Russian diplomats to discuss the issues of Ukraine and the Russian ultimatum to the West on the revision of the European security architecture at large. Building upon the outcomes of a physical meeting between the two countries’ presidents in Geneva in July, a video-conference and a phone call in December 2021, January meeting marks several important developments for the US-Russia relations, the position of Russia on the international stage, and its role the post-Soviet neighborhood, including Ukraine.

Diplomatie, décembre – janvier 2022

Eight years of war in Ukraine

Anastasiya Shapochkina

 A review of the geopolitical and security situation in Ukraine, eight years since the start of the conflict with Russia, including the events leading up to the conflict, the humanitarian situation in the occupied territories of Donbass, and the legal dilemmas for the Ukrainian state.

New Eastern Europe, October 4, 2021

Nazarbayev’s handmade political transition in Kazakhstan

Hubert-Felix Delattre, Charles-Adrien Fourmi, Dylan van de Ven, and Gabrielle Valli

While Kazakhstan’s political transition remains stalled as the same elite holds domestic power both overtly and behind the scenes, external relations will likely become more complex and evolve in a manner undesired by the regime.

Regard sur l’Est, 12 April 2021

Armenia 3 years after the Velvet Revolution: lost in transition?

Eastern Circles (Gabrielle Valli, Eléonore Garnier, Irene Sciurpa, Dylan van der Ven)

New Eastern Europe, Issue 3, April 11, 2021

Not all that glitters is gold

Dylan van der Ven

Regard sur l’Est, 16 November 2020

The revival of Russian rock in the post-Soviet space

Gabrielle Valli

A reminder of the influence and the soft power music can have on street politics. 

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