Centre for Global and Strategic Studies

Head of the Centre for Global and Strategic Studies

Doctor of Geography, Professor
GOROKHOV STANISLAV ANATOLIEVICH

SPIN RSCI AuthorID:: 301805
IstinaResearcherID: 11087972
ResearcherID: S-7991-2017
Scopus AuthorID: 55905234500
ORCID: 0000-0001-9984-6054

• Religions and new ideologies as factors of international relations
• Economic and political aspects of migration processes in Africa
• Human geography of Africa

Тел.: +7 (495) 695-66-50
e-mail: stgorohov@yandex.ru

LINES OF RESEARCH IN THE CENTER:

• Theoretical aspects of spatial development
• Prospects for the socio-economic development of Africa in the context of the new multipolarity; Russia's cooperation with African countries
• Formation of a single transport space and a single energy system of the African continent, economic integration of African countries
• Demographic development of Africa and its spatial differentiation
• Spatial development of religions in Africa; religions and new ideologies as a factor in the development of international relations

RESEARCHERS :

    BEKKIN RENAT IRIKOVICH Leading Researcher - Doctor of Economics, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences
    SPIN RSCI AuthorID: 271766
      • Islamic economy
      • Islamic finance
      • Muslim law

    ZAKHAROV IVAN ANDREEVICH Senior Researcher, PhD (Geography)
    SPIN RSCI AuthorID: 223081
    IstinaResearcherID: 63846124
    Researcher ID: S-8006-2017
    Scopus AuthorID: 57201618977
    ORCID: 0000-0003-3838-169X
      • Spatial development of religions in Africa
      • Religious competition
      • Inter-communal conflicts
      • The role of Christian churches in the socio-economic and political development of African countries

    BARINOV ANDREY KONSTANTINOVICH Researcher, Ph.D. (Economics)
    PIN RSCI AuthorID: 1036494
      • Development of economic infrastructure in African countries
      • Applied issues of Russian-African economic cooperation

    KRYUCHKOV YURI DAVYDOVICH Researcher
      • deputy. chapters. editor of the journal "Scientific Notes of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

    BEREZHNOV ANDREI IGOREVICH Junior Researcher
    SPIN RSCI AuthorID: 1174674
    ORCID: 0000-0001-8329-0549
      • International relations
      • Relations between India and Africa
      • Great powers on the African continent
      • The image of Africa in Russia in the 18th century

    KULAKOVA POLINA OLEGOVNA Junior Researcher
    ORCID: 0000-0002-2224-6138
      • Africa in the system of international relations
      • humanitarian cooperation, peacekeeping issues in Africa

    MITINA VARVARA KIRILLOVNA Junior Researcher
    SPIN RSCI AuthorID: 1174798
    IstinaResearcherID: 727583063
    ORCID: 0000-0002-5933-6452
      • North African construction sector
      • Ecological development of North Africa
      • Food security of North Africa
      • Energy Sector of North Africa

    SAENKO ALEXEY NIKOLAEVICH Junior researcher


    SELECTED RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS 2020-2024:

    Books:
    •Cross-Border Population Movements: Restrictions and Prospects of International Regulation in the Context of the Migration Crisis. Collective Monograph / S.A. Gorokhov (ed.). – Moscow: Institute for African Studies RAS, 2024. – 252 p.
    • Africa: Colonizers’ Unpaid Debt / I.O. Abramova (ed.). – Moscow: Institute for African Studies of the RAS, 2023. – 122 p.
    • Agafoshin M.M. From «the Fertile Crescent» to «the Dangerous Island»: Arab Migration into European Countries. – Institute for African Studies of the RAS, 2023. – 222 p.
    Dmitriev R.V. Central Place Theory: from Statics to Dynamics. – Institute for African Studies of the RAS, 2023 – 204 p.
    • Abramova I.O., Fituni L.L. Contemporary Issues in African Studies and Socio-Economic Development: Selected Articles and Academic Papers (2012–2022) – Moscow: Institute for African Studies of the RAS, 2022. – 480 p.
    • Africa: Sanctions, Elites and Sovereign Development / L.L. Fituni (ed.). – Moscow: Institute for African Studies of the RAS, 2021. – 368 p.
    • Transformations of Global Confessional Geospace: The Phenomenon of “Parallel” Societies in the System of International Political Relations / L.A. Andreeva, S.A. Gorokhov, R.V. Dmitriev et al. – St. Petersburg: Vladimir Dal’ Publ., 2021. – 549 p.
    • Fituni L.L. Terrorist Financing in Africa under the New Normality of a Post-Pandemic World // New Frontiers of Terrorism in Africa: Proceedings of Colloquium, Glen Segell, Sergey Kostelyanets, Hussein Solomon (eds.). – Haifa: University of Haifa, 2021. – pp. 64–73.
    • Zakharov I.A. Geodraphy of Religions: Transformation of the African Religious Landscape: Monograph / Foreword – prof. L. Fituni – Moscow: Inst. for African Studies, RAS, 2020. – 148 p.
    • Bekkin R.I. The Renovationist Movement in Contemporary Russian Islam // The Concept of Traditional Islam in Modern Islamic Discourse in Russia. – Sarajevo: Center for Advanced Studies, 2020. – pp. 87–114.
    • Zakharov I.A., Gorokhov S.A. Integration and disintegration effects of the transformation of the confessional space of Africa // Civilizational alternatives of Africa. Vol. III. – Moscow: Institute for African Studies, RAS, 2020. – pp. 43–63.
    • Agafoshin M.M., Gorokhov S.A., Dmitriev R.V., Lobzhanidze A.A., Zayats D.V. Geography of the population with the basics of demography: a tutorial. – Moscow: UNITY-DANA, 2020. – 83 p.


    Articles
    • Abramova I.O. Russia’s cooperation strategy with the countries of the African continent: what has changed after the second summit Russia–Africa? // Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2024. Vol. 94, No. 6. pp. 500–515. DOI
    • Agafoshin M.M., Gorokhov S.A., Dmitriev R.V. Provision of Clean Water as a Factor of Epidemiological Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa // Asia & Africa today. 2024. No. 10. pp. 39–48. DOI
    • Barinov A.K., Sugakov G.K. Access to clean water in Africa// Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2024. Vol. 94, No. 6. pp. 550–559. DOI
    • Berezhnov A.I. Modern Perception of Water Scarcity Issue in African Countries // Asia & Africa today. 2024. No. 11. pp. 40–48. DOI
    • Gorokhov S.A., Dmitriev R.V., Agafoshin M.M. Сhristianity in South Africa: from the penetration of first missionaries to the proclamation of the independent republic // Christianity in the Middle East. 2024. Vol. 8, No. 1. pp. 22–41. DOI
    • Zakharov I.A. Expanding the frontier of Christianization: non-cult activities of religious organizations in South Omo, Ethiopia // Studia Religiosa Rossica: Russian Journal of Religion. 2024. No. 4. pp. 26–45. DOI
    Zakharov I.A. The Role of Religious Organizations in the National Development Strategy of Ethiopia: an Experience from South Omo // Christianity in the Middle East. 2024. Vol. 8, No. 3. pp. 55–76. DOI
    • Zakharov I.A., Agafoshin M.M., Gorokhov S.A. Migration Crisis in West Africa: Limits and Prospects of Political Regulation // Vestnik RUDN. International Relations. 2024. Vol. 24, No. 4. pp. 616–627. DOI
    • Ildyakov A.V. Сhallenges of Сooperation between Russian and African Small and Medium Enterprises in the Field of Innovation // Journal of the Institute for African studies. 2024. No. 1(66). pp. 48–65. DOI
    • Sharova A.Yu. Prospects for the development of hydropower in Africa// Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2024. Vol. 94, No. 6. pp. 527–539. DOI
    • Dmitriev R.V., Gorokhov S.A., Agafoshin M.M. From the “Isolated States” to the Central Place System(s): Water Supply of the Cities in Modern Libya // R-Economy. 2024. Vol. 10, No. 3. pp. 291–301. DOI
    • Abramova I.O., Sharova A.Yu. Geostrategic risks in the transition to green technologies (on the example of Africa) // Geology of ore deposits. 2023. Vol. 65, No. 5. pp. 428–443. DOI
    • Gorokhov S.A., Agafoshin M.M., Dmitriev R.V. Migration crisis in the East Africa region // Vostok (Oriens). 2023. No. 1. pp. 50–62.DOI
    • Gorokhov S.A., Dmitriev R.V., Zakharov I.A. Christianity, Islam and Traditional Religions: Cyclical Interaction in Africa // Tomsk State University Journal. 2023. No. 486. pp. 124–136. DOI
    • Dmitriev R.V., Shuper V.A. Axiomatic foundation of central place theory: Revision from the standpoint of the Russian school // Regional Research of Russia. 2023. Vol. 13, No. 4. pp. 751–757. DOI
    • Agafoshin M.M., Gorokhov S.A., Dmitriev, R.V. Spatial transformation of the migration system during the crisis // Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Earth Sciences. 2023. Vol. 68, No. 1. pp. 29–43. DOI
    • Abramova I.O., Fituni L.L. Ways to increase the effectiveness of Russia's African strategy in the conditions of the crisis of the existing world order // Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2022. Vol. 92, No. 9. pp. 837–848. DOI
    • Fituni L., Abramova I. Developing Countries in the New Equation of the Post-Crisis World Order. // World Eсonomy and International Relations. 2022. Vol. 66, No. 11, pp. 5–13. DOI

    • Fituni L.L. Text and Meanings: Introduction to the Hermeneutics of the New World Order// Journal of the Institute for African Studies. 2022. No. 2(59). pp. 5–16. DOI
    • Bekkin R.I., Shnyrkova A.S. Islamic Tourism in Africa // MGIMO Review of International Relations. 2022. Vol. 15, No. 1. pp. 230–248. DOI

    • Zakharov I.A. The expansion of Pentecostalism in Africa // Asia and Africa today. 2022. No.12. pp. 77–84. DOI
    • Zakharov I.A. State Regulation of the Activities of Faith-Based Organizations in African Countries in the Late 20th – Early 21st Centuries: Macro-Regional Tendencies // Istoriya. 2022. Vol. 13. Issue 6(116). DOI
    • Aleshin K.A., Sugakov G.K. The New Contours of the Russia ‒ Africa Partnership: The Economic, Political, Cultural-Humanitarian and Youth Dimensions. // Lomonosov World Politics Journal. 2022. Vol. 14, No. 1. pp. 192–200. DOI
    • Agafoshin M.M., Gorokhov S.A., Dmitriev R.V. Refugees from Syria and Iraq in Sweden: Resettlement during the migration crisis // Baltic Region. 2022. Vol. 14, No. 4. pp. 98–112. DOI
    • Andreev N.D. Migration policy of Senegal within the framework of ECOWAS // Voprosy Istorii. 2022. No. 11-2. pp. 144–151. DOI
    • Mitina V.K. Development of Smart Cities in North Africa. // Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law. 2022. Vol.15, No. 4. pp. 23–40. DOI
    • Gorokhov S.A., Dmitriev R.V., Agafoshin M.M. Religion and the state: types of relations in the market of religions // Politeia. 2022. No. 3. pp. 65–79. DOI
    • Fituni L.L. Religion, elites and sanctions in northeast Africa: Regional impacts of superpower messianism // Politics and Religion Journal. 2021. Vol. 15, No. 1. pp. 27–48.
    • Zakharov I.A., Dmitriev R.V. African Focus of the Global Sanctions Policy: Historical Stages // Vostok (Oriens). 2021. No. 6. pp.143–156. DOI
    • Barinov A.K, Sugakov G.K., Aleshin K.A. Russia and Africa in modern world: new challenges and prospects for cooperation// Asia & Africa today. 2021. No. 3. pp. 71–77. DOI
    • Barinov A.K, Sharova A.Yu. Infrastructure development in Africa (East African Transport) // Asia & Africa today. 2021. No. 7. pp. 38–46.
    • Zakharov I.A., Dmitriev R.V. Communal Conflicts in the Context of the Religious Landscape Transformation (Case Study of Nigeria) // Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria 5, Geografia. 2021. No. 5. pp. 149–160. DOI
    • Fituni L.L., Abramova I.O. Political Theory of Decolonization: Essentials of Modern Reading. // Polis. Political Studies. 2020. No. 6. pp. 26–40. DOI
    • Fituni L., Abramova I. Developing Countries in the Political Economy of the Post-Coronavirus World. // World Eсonomy and International Relations. 2020. Vol. 64, No. 9. pp. 5–14. DOI
    • Sharova A.Yu. Investment in the Electricity Sector of Africa and its Role in Overcoming the Continent’s Energy Poverty. // Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law. 2020. Vol. 13, No. 6. pp. 181–197. DOI
    • Abramova I.O., Fituni L.L. The new strategy of Russia in the African direction // Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2020. Vol. 90. No. 11. pp. 1067–1076.
    • Abramova I.O. Coronavirus in Africa: Socio-Economic and Political Consequences // Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law. 2020. Vol. 13, No. 5. pp. 38–56.
    • Abramova I.O., Fituni L.L. Russia’s new strategy on Africa // Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2020. Vol. 90. No. 6. pp. 688–696.
    • Dmitriev R.V., Gorokhov S.A., Zakharov I.A. Spatial Expansion of Islamic Extremism in the Lake Chad Basin: Current Situation and Prospective Directions // Filosofia Theoretica. 2020. Vol. 9, No. 1. pp. 47–61. DOI