Dr. Mikhail A. Polianskii
I am a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Leibniz Institute Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) working on Russian Foreign Policy and European Security at the PATTERN Project, exploring how Cold War lessons could be instructive in addressing current geostrategic dilemmas in the spheres of nuclear arms control, hybrid warfare, and crisis management
Two words about me
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) in the Department of International Institutions.
My research focuses on Russian foreign and domestic policy, nuclear arms control, hybrid warfare, and crisis management in contemporary geostrategic competitions.
My research focuses on Russian foreign and domestic policy, nuclear arms control, hybrid warfare, and crisis management in contemporary geostrategic competitions.
Education
Faculty of International Relations, Voronezh State University, 2013-2017
Faculty of International Relations, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), 2017–2019
Political Science, University of Frankfurt, 2019–2024
B.A. in International Relations
M.A. in International Relations
PhD in Political Science
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Some recent publications
Dembinski, Matthias / Polianskii, Mikhail (2024): Nuclear Threats, Nuclear Deterrence, and the Future of Nuclear Restraint Regimes After Russia’s War of Aggression (PRIF Report 5/2024)
Polianskii, Mikhail (2024): Russian Foreign Policy Research and War in Ukraine: Old Answers to New Questions?, in: Communist and Post-Communist Studies (CPCS), 57:2, 156-172
Driedger, Jonas J. / Polianskii, Mikhail (2023): Utility-based predictions of military escalation: Why experts forecasted Russia would not invade Ukraine, in: Contemporary Security Policy (CSP), 44:4, 544-560
Polianskii, Mikhail (2022): The Perils of Ruxit: Russia's Tension-Ridden Dissociation from the European Security Order, in: Historical Social Research, 47:2, 77–108
Polianskii, Mikhail (2021): Russia’s Dissociation from the Paris Charter-Based Order, in: Russia in Global Affairs, 76:4, 36–58
A full publication record is available at my institutional website.
Polianskii, Mikhail (2024): Russian Foreign Policy Research and War in Ukraine: Old Answers to New Questions?, in: Communist and Post-Communist Studies (CPCS), 57:2, 156-172
Driedger, Jonas J. / Polianskii, Mikhail (2023): Utility-based predictions of military escalation: Why experts forecasted Russia would not invade Ukraine, in: Contemporary Security Policy (CSP), 44:4, 544-560
Polianskii, Mikhail (2022): The Perils of Ruxit: Russia's Tension-Ridden Dissociation from the European Security Order, in: Historical Social Research, 47:2, 77–108
Polianskii, Mikhail (2021): Russia’s Dissociation from the Paris Charter-Based Order, in: Russia in Global Affairs, 76:4, 36–58
A full publication record is available at my institutional website.
Other interests, projects and media
- „Hessischer AfD-Mann ist Stammgast bei Putin-naher Zeitung,“ Interview mit Hessenschau, 24. April 2024.
- „Israel/Iran: Kriegsangst eint die zerstrittene Weltgemeinschaft – vorerst,“ Interview mit Handelsblatt, 15. April 2024.
- „Experte: Viele Putin-Kritiker in russischen Großstädten,“ Interview mit rbb24, 2. März 2024.
- „Russlands Kehrtwende in Nahost,“ Gastbeitrag in der Frankfurter Rundschau, 11. Dezember 2023.
- „Das Unternehmen Wagner – Was bleibt vom hochprofitablen Prigoschin-Imperium?“ Interview mit Handelsblatt, 30. Juni 2023.
- "Putin wird den Ukraine-Krieg nicht bis zu Ende führen" for Frankfurter Rundschau
- "Ruxit: Russlands Rückzug aus der Pariser-Charta-Ordnung und die Krise der europäischen Sicherheitsarchitektur" for Zaren.Daten.Fakten Podcast
- "Verhandeln oder eskalieren? Putin gerät nach militärischen Rückschlägen unter Druck" for Handelsblatt
- "Rollen bald 137'000 frische russische Soldaten auf die Ukraine zu? Das sagt der Experte" for Watson.ch
- "Konfliktforscher stellt erhöhte Emigration junger Russen aus ihrer Heimat fest" for Deutschlandfunk
- "Jugend in Russland: „Nur wenige wollen freiwillig in den Krieg ziehen“" for DIE WELT
- "Gefahr für NATO? Russland baut Militärbasen an Grenze zu Finnland" for NDR-Info
- "Call Russia": Anrufe für den Frieden in der Ukraine" for NDR-Info
- "Putin lebt nicht ewig" for SWR-Tandem
- "Ex-Sowjetrepubliken: „Russland ist heute zurückhaltender“ for Frankfurter Rundschau
Contacts
E-mail: polianskii@prif.org
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