Maksim Vilisov

Lomonosov Moscow State University | MSU · Department of State Politics

Provides the description of 243 think tanks from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan (in Russian)

The article is a review of the book " Social Science Careers beyond the Academy", published in 2023 in the USA. Applied in its content, the book, based on examples from American practice, raises a number of important scientific and practical issues relevant to modern Russia: where outside the scientific and educational sector can specialists with s...

В книге раскрываются актуальные механизмы и технологии формирования государственной политики, отвечающей на вызовы, встающие перед современным российским обществом. В этой связи освещаются базовые вопросы, решаемые государством в социальной сфере, в области государственного управления, обеспечения информационной безопасности, молодежной политики, м...

The crisis in Russian relations with the West has become a key trigger for a real “Pivot to East” in Russian foreign policy. The new edition of the Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation, approved by the Decree of the President of Russia dated March 31, 2023, proclaims and describes this turn in sufficient detail, expanding the space for...

The crisis in Russian relations with the West has become a key trigger for a real "Pivot to East" in Russian foreign policy. The new edition of the Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation, approved by the Decree of the President of Russia dated March 31, 2023, proclaims and describes this turn in sufficient detail, expanding the space for...

Первый том «Атласа аналитических центров Большой Евразии» продолжает серию справочников, содержащих информацию об организациях, которые в научно-экспертном сообществе относятся в настоящее время к совокупности структур, определяемых как «аналитические центры», «мозговые центры», «фабрики мысли», «think tanks». В актуальной редакции собрана информац...

There are more than two hundred analytical centers in the five EAEU countries that have formed a certain practice of participation in the socio-political life of the respective countries throughout the post-Soviet history. This practice has not yet been properly?? studied in practical?? terms, in terms of its real impact on the public policy format...

The article contains an overview of the leading think tanks of Af- rican countries, based on international da- tabases: The 2020 Go To Think Tanks Re- port (University of Pennsylvania) and an Open Think Tank Directory, with elements of comparative analysis with think tanks of the EAEU countries. The features of the in- ternational assessment of Afr...

Справочник зарубежных аналитических центров для научных сотрудников ИМИ МГИМО содержит информацию о 99 аналитических центрах и 58 организациях – партнерах МГИМО из 19 стран Европы, Азии и Африки.

The sanctions pressure against Russia in 2022 is specific not only by the volume and nature of the imposed sanctions, but also by the synchronization of the imposed restrictions against the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus. This creates a new reality for the Union State, which in November 2021 received a new development plan in the fo...

«Атлас аналитических центров ЕАЭС» представляет собой справочник, содержащий информацию об организациях, которые в научно-экспертном сообществе относятся в настоящее время к совокупности структур, определяемых как «аналитические центры», «мозговые центры», «фабрики мысли», “think tanks” и функционирующих в странах ЕАЭС. В актуальной редакции собран...

The decades that have passed since the collapse of the USSR have identified serious challenges for Russia, the answer to which depends on the prospect of maintaining its leadership position in the integration processes in the modern post-Soviet space, not only due to objective advantages in the possession of resources, but also due to its attractiv...

Based on the analysis of scientific resources on the theory of government, political process and public policy, the authors substantiate a conceptual model for assessing the stability and sustainability of state systems. The model is based on empirical analysis of the stability and sustainability of state systems obtained through semi-structured in...

Формирование государственной экологической политики в России рассматривается через призму "парадигм политики". Исследуются два примера: "мусорная реформа" и "низкоуглеродная стратегия" как реакция на борьбу с изменением климата и "энергетический переход". Для каждого примера выделяются по три конкурирующие парадигмы и проводится анализ их публичных...

The decades that have passed since the collapse of the USSR have identified serious challenges for Russia, the answer to which depends on the prospect of maintaining its leadership position in the integration processes in the modern post-Soviet space, not only due to objective advantages in the possession of resources, but also due to its attractiv...

The coronavirus pandemic has updated the discussion on the prospects for the "energy transition", which is increasingly beginning to acquire a geopolitical character. Energy exporting countries are facing new challenges of a systemic, political and economic nature, which require tactical and strategic decisions. The importance of these challenges a...

Against the background of political instability in Belarus and unsuccessful attempts to "deepen integration" in 2019-2020, the political economy of Russian-Belarusian cooperation as a subject of study goes far beyond academic interest and is of great practical importance. The article suggests that explanation of the integration difficulties in insi...

An upcoming anniversary of the USSSR dissolution raises the opportunity to overview the tendencies of the development of the state systems, emerged on its fragments. A retrospective view of this process, which has received various (sometimes contradictory) political and expert assessments, raises the main question – the viability and prospects of s...

La transición energética" y su impacto en la política estatal Resumen La pandemia de coronavirus ha sido el factor que ha desencadenado la caída de los precios mundiales de los hidrocarburos y ha actualizado el debate sobre las perspectivas de la "transición energética" y sus impactos en las economías de los diferentes países. Los países exportador...

An upcoming anniversary of the USSSR dissolution raises the opportunity to overview the tendencies of the development of the state systems, emerged on its fragments. A retrospective view of this process, which has received various (sometimes contradictory) political and expert assessments, raises the main question - the viability and prospects of s...

Although current state of Russian energy export looks more to less stable, the future is uncertain due to challenges, coming from unpredictable and unmanageable for Russia global markets and possible "energy transition". An adecvate strategy towards those challenges is needed, and it cannot be elaborated without international cooperation and new ty...

The study of the quality of public policy and administration, which can be understood along different categories ranging from “efficiency” to “stability”, is rightfully considered one of the most important tasks in the social sciences. However, despite the burgeoning literature devoted to assessing the functioning of state institutions, this resear...

The exponential development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) several last decades had placed the digital transformations and digital economy, created by them, in a focus of many national and international organisations and institutions. According to current UN reports on a digital economy, the USA and China are dominating in this...

The given article offers a political and legal analysis of the constitutions of the members of the Commonwealth of Independent States that began constructing their independent statehood after the collapse of the USSR. The authors conducted a comparative analysis of such institutions in the CIS as the parliament, presidency, courts and found out tha...

The Chinese “Belt and Road Initiative” has become an unprecedented challenge in different aspects: political, economic, humanitarian. The idea of the “belt of development” seems very attractive and gives hope for inclusive development in Eurasia. However, it has not yet provided answers on how it can be implemented within countries in different sta...

The challenges of the modern world, such as urbanization, and the urgent need to increase access to infrastructure are forcing many countries to look for new solutions to support economic growth and a sustainable development agenda. Meanwhile, there is the problem of the infrastructure investment gap, when state development institutions are in dire...

The given article offers a political and legal analysis of the constitutions of the post-Soviet republics – members of the Commonwealth of Independent States - that began constructing their independent statehood after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Baltic States (Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia) became members of the European Union, that is wh...

The discussion on the «image of the future» that unfolded on the eve of the presidential elections in Russia gave an occasion to consider Russia's long-term political strategies in comparison with the closest partners in the Eurasian Union. Despite the formal similarity of the documents themselves and the formal procedures for their implementation...

In Kazakhstan and Russia, similar institutional reforms are carried out in the sphere of business regulation. In connection with the reform of permitting activities that began in 2017 in the Russian Federation, a similar reform carried out in Kazakhstan in 2014 is of special interest for comparative study. Many legal novels used in Kazakhstan can b...

Despite the fact that the «green economy» concept has been discussed in world science and politics for a long time, this concept is on the periphery of political-state discussions in Russia. The EEU partners pay much more attention to this issue. The new renewable energy sector including manufacturing and energy companies has been actively forming...

The presentation describes current features of strategic, long-term planning in a public policy of the three core member-states of the Eurasian Union: Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia.Three countries have three types of planning: long-term strategic vision for mobilization in Kazakhstan, pragmatic economic development for Belarus, struggling for secu...

The article considers the project approach as a way of forming and realization of state policy in the Russian Federation in recent years. It has become almost the only possible way of public policy developing, as political consensus is hard to be reached in a complex political system of formal and mainly informal political institutions and mechanis...

The State Control Reform has signalized the new circle of the Administrative Reform in Russia. The analysis of its history shows that the declared aims of the “Dictatorship of the Law” building and the victory of the formal institutions under the informal were not achieved. Moreover, the informal institutions’ activity has become the “way of life”...