Department of Global Issues

Department of Global Issues

Head of the Department of Global Issues – Natalia Yu. Lapina

The Department of Global Issues, founded in 1997 at INION RAN, conducts scientific, informational, and research activities concerning the major global challenges of the present day, including inequality, immigration, climate change, demography, environmental and food security, and the processes of globalization around the world.

The Department includes highly qualified specialists in political science, economics, and social geography, all possessing extensive research experience. The Department's staff maintains strong connections with research and educational institutions in Russia and actively engages in the scientific community.

Focus of research:

• Scientific topics
  • Globalization challenges and socio-economic development in the modern world;
  • Globalization challenges in the second decade of the 21st century;
  • Global and regional crisis phenomena in the context of geopolitical turbulence. Transformation of socio-economic and military-political development models in European and American states and institutions: opportunities and risks for Russia.
• Research topics
  • Analytical and informational research on the processes by which countries enter the global economy and their respective “national models,” including an in-depth examination of the socio-economic, spatial, and political effects of globalization on all countries;
  • Economic and societal structural changes amidst Globalization and the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside labor market transformations in developed economies;
  • Analysis of the structure and characteristics of a “divided society” in Western countries: growing socio-spatial differentiation (global cities vs. “periphery”), and cultural and religious contradictions arising from increasing migration flows in a globalized society, coupled with the inadaptability of local migration systems;
  • The political landscape of social fragmentation and changing preferences: the phenomenon of separatism and the characteristics of radical left and right-wing populism in Europe.

One of the Department's primary responsibilities is the preparation of materials and editorial work for “Current Problems of Europe” a leading scientific journal within INION RAN, listed in the RSCI database.

Focusing on scientific articles, analytical reviews, chapters in collective monographs, and translations, the Department's staff contribute analytical materials to the Russian press and engage in scientific events such as Russian and international conferences, workshops, and round tables.

Researchers:

• Sergey Ya. Veselovsky
• Natalia Yu. Lapina
• Nikita L. Turov
• Ekaterina L. Ushkova

Latest major publications:

Veselovsky S.Ya. “Labor Market in the USA: Structural Changes and Their Effects (2017-2020)” : Аn analytical review. - M.: INION RAS, 2020. (RSCI database) ISBN 978-5-248-01005- 9 (in Russian)

Veselovsky S.Ya. JSC "Coronacrisis" in the USA. Economic and social effects. Part I. “Coronary recession” in the USA. Lockdown measures and support for businesses and households in 2020-2022: Аn analytical review. - M.: INION RAS, 2023. 217 р. DOI 10.31249/covidinusa/2022.00.00. (RSCI database) ISBN 978-5-248-01049-3 (in Russian)

Veselovskiy S. The US labor market and immigration policies in the age of Trump. In: The Trump Phenomenon / Ed. by Alexey Kuznetsov; Institut of Scientific Information for social sciences of the Russian Academie of Sciences. Moscow: INION, 2020 (Chapter 3.6.) (in Russian).

Lapina N.Yu. French society facing the challenges of globalization: an analytical review. M.: INION RAS, 2019. -50 p. ISBN 978-5-248-00935-0 (RSCI database) (in Russian)

Lapina N.Yu. The rise et fall of the “American dream”: social and economic consequences of globalization and information revolution. In: The Trump Phenomenon / Ed. by Alexey Kuznetsov; Institut of Scientific Information for social sciences of the Russian Academie of Sciences. Moscou: INION, 2020. P. 33-53 (Chapter 1.2.) (in Russian)

Lapina N. Yu. Is there any chance to revive french industry? // World economy and international relations, 2020, vol. 64, no. 10, pp. 103-111 (Scopus Q2) (in Russian)

Lapina N. Yu. “Islamic factor” and socio-political debate on immigration in modern France //World Economy and International Relations, 2021, vol. 65, no. 11, pp. 97-105. DOI: 10.20542/0131-2227-2021-65-11-97-105 (Scopus Q2) (in Russian)

Lapina N. Yu. France in the era of global transformations // Current problems of Europe, 2021. N3. P. 7-27. DOI: 10.31249/ape/2021.03.01 (RSCI) (in Russian)

Lapina N. Yu. Society of lost illusions // Current problems of Europe, 2021. N3. P. 85-112 DOI: 10.31249/ape/2021.03.04 (RSCI) (in Russian)

Lapina N.Y. Pandemic: return to the past or window into the future? // World Economy and International Relations, 2022, vol. 66, no. 7, pp. 5-14. DOI: 10.20542/0131-2227-2022-66-7-5-14 (SCOPYS Q2) (in Russian)

Lapina N. Y. Social protest in the global world //Current problems of Europe, 2021. N3. P. 7-31. DOI 10.31249/ape/2023.03.01 (RSCI) (in Russian)

Lapina N. Y. Eric Zemmour : the man who blew up political space//Current problems of Europe, 2023. N3. P. 130-154. (DOI:10.31249/аре/2023.04.07) (RSCI) (in Russian).

Lapina N. Y. Integration of immigrants and policies towards national minorities in European countries // Current problems of Europe, 2043. N3. P. 7-25. DOI: 10.31249.ape.2024.03.01 (RSCI) (in Russian)

Turov N.L. The phenomenon of separatism in the modern world: Analytical review. M.: INION RAS, 2021. (ISBN 978-5-248-00993-0) (RSCI) (in Russian)

Turov N.L. Separatism in modern Europe: spatial effects of political changes // World Economy and International Relations, 2024, vol. 68, no. 3, pp.59-68/DOI: 10.20542/0131-2227-2024-68-3-59-68. (in Russian)

Ushkova E.L. (translation from French): Solidarism in France during the Third Republic: Leon Bourgeois and Célestin Bouglé / ed.-comp. A.B. Hoffman. M.: KDU, “University Book”, 2017. -196 p. (in Russian)

Ushkova E.L. (translation from French): Bourmaud D. Two Frances through the prism of social movements // Current problems of Europe, 2021. N3. 2021, No. 3, pp. 113-135 (DOI:10.31249/ape/2021.03.05) (RSCI). (in Russian)

Ushkova E.L. (translation from French): Wiviorka M. Social movements in France (1968-2023) // Current problems of Europe, 2023. No. 3. P.55-74. (in Russian)

Turov N.L. “Give us liberty, or give us money”: growth of regional parties’ influence in contemporary Europe //World Economy and International Relations, 2021, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 33-41. DOI 10.20542/0131-2227-2021-65-6-33-41 (in Russian)

Brazhalovich F.L., Klyuchnikov M.I., Kolosov V.A., Pavlyuk S.G., Popov F.A. Turov N.L. Life beyond the boundaries of the conflict: socio-economic aspects of cross-border interaction within divided cities (on the example of Bendery and Dubossary) // News of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Geographical series. 2017. No. 3. P. 45–57 (in Russian)

Turov N., Klyuchnikov M., Pavlyuk S. Transnistria: The everyday of a de facto border // Borders in “A Kaleidoscope of Shifting Lives and Lands” / S. Lowis, G. Sasse (eds.). – Routledge, 2022. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003169376-9/transnistria-nikita-turov-mikhail-klyuchnikov-simon-pavlyuk (in English)