Dr Valentina Feklyunina

Senior Lecturer in Politics

Email: valentina.feklyunina@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5290
Address: Politics
40-42 Great North Road
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. International Norms and Identity. In: Tsygankov, A.P, ed. Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy. 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.