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Research focus:

 Armed conflicts
 Terrorism
 Insurgency
 Human security
 Peace processes
 Peace-building
 Political economy of conflicts



Dr Ekaterina Stepanova

Head, Peace & Conflict Studies Unit,
National Research Institute
of World Economy & International Relations (IMEMO), Moscow

RECENT ARTICLES:

Stepanova E. (co-author), Rethinking UN peace and security engagements in a changing world, in International Affairs, vol. 102, no. 1 (2026), pp. 261–271.
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Stepanova E. “Humanitarian ceasefires: myths and realities (database analysis)”, in Pathways to Peace and Security, no. 2(69) (2025), pp. 26–53. In Russian.
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RECENT BOOKS:

Stepanova E. Between War and Peace: Peace Process and Armed Conflict. Transl. Sh.Mohammadi, A.Bijan (Tehran: Peace Culture Charter, 1403 [2024]). 296 p. In Persian.


Stepanova E. Between War and Peace: Peace Processes and Armed Violence (Moscow: IMEMO, 2023), 198 p. In Russian.

CONTENTS (Eng)     
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Stepanova E. ISIS and the Phenomenon of Foreign Terrorist Fighters in Syria and Iraq (Moscow: IMEMO, 2020), 198 p. In Russian.

CONTENTS (Eng)     
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CHAPTERS in English:

  Stepanova E., “Russia: Beyond the Global South-North Framework,” in Transforming the War on Drugs: Warriors, Victims and Vulnerable Regions (London: Hurst, 2021), pp. 253–296.





  Stepanova E., “Terrorism in the Russian Empire”, in The Cambridge History of Terrorism (Cambridge University Press, 2021), pp. 284–312.





  Stepanova E., “Terrorism in post-Soviet Russia”, in The Cambridge History of Terrorism (Cambridge University Press, 2021), pp. 313–332.


ARTICLES in English:

Stepanova E., “Ceasefires as a part of the war and peace process, or a “no peace, no war” format”, Russian Journal of World Politics and Law of Nations, vol. 2, no. 3 (2023), pp. 72–104.
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Stepanova E. “Foreign Terrorist Fighters from Russia in and after Syria and Iraq: (Trans) National Trends and Threats”, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, vol. 46, no. 11 (2023), pp. 2214–2240.





Stepanova E. “Peace process: on substantive definition,” World Economy and International Relations, vol. 66, no. 9 (2022), pp. 5–18.

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Lomonosov World Politics Journal

Publisher: Moscow State University

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Pathways to Peace and Security

Publisher: IMEMO, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Editor-in-chief: Dr Ekaterina Stepanova

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