Staff Profile
Dr Valentina Feklyunina
Senior Lecturer in Politics
- Email: valentina.feklyunina@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5290
- Address: Room 4.08, Henry Daysh Building
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Background
Qualifications
PhD in Politics, University of Glasgow
Research interests
Identity and foreign policy; identity and soft power; Russian foreign policy; Russian public diplomacy; Russia's energy policy; identities and foreign policy preferences in Belarus and Ukraine
Roles and responsibilities
Research Director (Politics)
2012-17: Associate Editor, Politics (PSA journal published by SAGE)
2010-17: Co-convenor, BISA Working Group on Russian and Eurasian Security (with Dr Natasha Kuhrt, King's College London)
Teaching
Undergraduate Teaching
Module leader POL2087: Contemporary Russian Politics
Publications
- Feklyunina V. Russian Foreign Policy. In: Sakwa, R; Hale, HE; White, S, ed. Developments in Russian Politics 9. London: Macmillan International Higher Education, 2019, pp.165-179.
- Feklyunina V. International Norms and Identity. In: Tsygankov, A.P, ed. Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy. London, UK: Routledge, 2018, pp.5-21.
- Feklyunina V, Romanova V. Ukraine and triangular diplomacy: Kyiv's legitimacy dilemmas in the midst of the crisis. In: Birchfield V; Young AR, ed. Triangular Diplomacy among the United States, the European Union, and the Russian Federation: Responses to the Crisis in Ukraine. Basingstoke: Springer International Publishing, 2018, pp.143-167.
- Kuhrt N, Feklyunina V, (eds). Assessing Russia's Power: A Report. King’s College London and Newcastle University, 2017.
- Feklyunina V. Russia's Soft Power beyond the Post-Soviet Space. King's College London and Newcastle University, 2017. Assessing Russia's Power: A Report.
- Feklyunina V, Romanova V. Ukraine and Triangular Diplomacy: Kyiv’s Legitimacy Dilemmas in the midst of the Crisis. 2016, Working Paper GTJMCE-2016-1. Available at: http://www.inta.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/GTJMCE2016-1-Feklyunina&Romanova.pdf.
- Feklyunina V. Soft Power and Identity: Russia, Ukraine and the 'Russian World(s)'. European Journal of International Relations 2016, 22(4), 773-796.
- Barr M, Feklyunina V, (eds). Special Issue: The Soft Power of Hard States. Politics 2015, 35(3-4).
- Barr M, Feklyunina V, Theys S. Introduction: The Soft Power of Hard States. Politics 2015, 35(3-4), 213-215.
- Feklyunina V, Bilsland J. Three reasons why Russia should not be called the greatest threat to the USA. The Conversation, 2015. Available at: https://theconversation.com/three-reasons-why-russia-should-not-be-called-the-greatest-threat-to-the-usa-45257.
- White S, Feklyunina V. Identities and Foreign Policies in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus: The Other Europes. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Feklyunina V. Editor's Introduction: Investigating Change and Continuity in the Former Soviet Union. Politics 2014, 34(2), 125-125.
- Feklyunina V. Book Review: Andrew Wilson, 'Belarus: the last dictatorship in Europe' 2011. East European Politics 2014, 30(1), 151-152.
- Feklyunina V, White S, ed. The International Economic Crisis and the Post-Soviet States. London: Routledge, 2013.
- Feklyunina V. Explaining Foreign Policy: International Diplomacy and the Russo-Georgian War [Book Review]. Central Asian Survey 2013, 32(2), 225-226.
- Feklyunina V. Russia's Foreign Policy Towards Poland: Seeking Reconciliation? A Social Constructivist Analysis. International Politics 2012, 49, 434-448.
- Feklyunina V. Russia's International Images and its Energy Policy: An Unreliable Supplier?. Europe-Asia Studies 2012, 64(3), 449-469.
- Feklyunina V. Constructing Russophobia. In: Taras, R, ed. Russia's Identity in International Relations: Images, Perceptions, Misperceptions. Oxford: Routledge, 2012, pp.91-109.
- Feklyunina V. Image and Reality: Russia's Relations with the West. In: Kanet, RE; Freire, MR, ed. Russia and European Security. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Republic of Letters Press, 2012, pp.79-103.
- Feklyunina V, White S. Discourses of 'Krizis': Economic Crisis in Russia and Regime Legitimacy. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 2011, 27(3-4), 385-406.
- White S, Feklyunina V. Russia's Authoritarian Elections: The View from Below. Europe-Asia Studies 2011, 63(4), 579-602.
- Feklyunina V, White S. Preface. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 2011, 27(3-4), 335-337.
- White S, McAllister I, Feklyunina V. Belarus, Ukraine and Russia: East or West?. British Journal of Politics and International Relations 2010, 12(3), 344-367.
- Feklyunina V. Battle for Perceptions: Projecting Russia in the West. Europe-Asia Studies 2008, 60(4), 605 - 629.
- Feklyunina V. The Great Diversification Game: Russia’s Vision of the EU’s Energy Projects in the Shared Neighbourhood. Journal of Contemporary European Research 2008, 4(2), 130-148.
- Coward M, Grayson K, Barr M, Clough E, Feklyunina V. Editorial: Politics in 2013 – The Changing Landscape of Academic Publishing. Politics 2013, 33(1), 1-4.
- Coward M, Grayson K, Barr M, Clough E, Feklyunina V. Editorial: Future Challenges and Strategies for Politics. Politics 2012, 32(2), 65-68.
- Coward M, Grayson K, Barr M, Clough E, Feklyunina V. Editorial 2015 – Diversity in Politics. Politics 2015, 35(1), 1-2.
- Coward M, Grayson K, Chisholm A, Walton A, Clough E, Feklyunina V. Editorial 2016. Politics 2016, 36(1), 3-4.
- Coward M, Grayson K, Chisholm A, Clough E, Feklyunina V, Walton A. Reflecting On Our Strengths and Strategy. Politics 2016, 36(2), 115-117.