Nicolai N. Petro

University of Rhode Island

Political Science Department

Washburn Hall

Kingston, RI 02881

United States

http://www.npetro.net

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Scholarly Papers (24)

1.

Understanding the Other Ukraine: Identity and Allegiance in Russophone Ukraine

Richard Sakwa and Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska, eds., Ukraine and Russia: People, Politics, Propaganda and Perspectives, Bristol, United Kingdom: E-International Relations Edited Collections, 2015, pp. 19-35
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Mar 2015
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Ukraine, Russia, Donbass, Crimea

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Russia's Orthodox Soft Power

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (2015)
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 17 May 2018
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Putin, Russia, Soft Power, Russian Orthodox Church, Ukraine

3.

The Russian Orthodox Church

“The Russian Orthodox Church,” in Andrei P. Tsygankov, ed., Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy, (London: Routledge, 2018), pp. 217-232.
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 23 May 2018
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Foreign Policy, Ukraine, CIS, Soft Power

4.

Russian Foreign Policy, 2000-2011: From Nation-State to Global Risk Sharing

Portal on Central, Eastern, and Balkan Europe at the University of Bologna, No. 12, July 2011
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Nov 2011
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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CIS, Dmitry Medvedev, Energy policy, Global risk sharing, Russian foreign policy, Russian national security policy, Sovereign democracy, Vladimir Putin

5.

Russia’s Solution to the Global Financial Crisis

The Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 31-46, Summer/Fall 2011
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 06 Nov 2011
Nicolai N. Petro and Alex V. Kovriga
University of Rhode Island and V.Karazin Kharkov National University
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CIS, Russian foreign policy, Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, Global Risk Sharing

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The Great Transformation: How the Putin Plan Altered Russian Society

Institute for the Study of International Politics Policy Brief, No. 32, May 2009
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 05 Nov 2011
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Vladimir Putin, Russia, Putin Plan, Dmitry Medvedev, Legal Reform, Democratization

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The Role of the Orthodox Church in a Changing Russia

ISPI Analysis #121 (Institute for the Study of International Politics, Milan, Italy), June 2012
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 27 Jun 2012
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Russian Orthodox Church, Modernization, Secularitzation, Russia, Religion

8.

The Tragedy of Ukraine: Hard Lessons to Learn from the Classics

“The Tragedy of Ukraine: Hard Lessons to Learn From Classics,” Russia in Global Affairs, vol. 16, № 4 October/December 2018, pp. 52-71. DOI: 10.31278/2618-9844-2018-16-4-52-71
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 03 Apr 2019
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Ukraine, Russian-Ukrainian relations, Maidan, Greek tragedy, Donbass, Russophone Ukrainians

9.

Russia’s Modernization: The Role of the Russian Orthodox Church

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 05 Nov 2011
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Russian Orthodox Church, Modernization

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The Tragedy of Ukraine (Table of Contents and Introduction)

The Tragedy of Ukraine: What Classical Greek Tragedy Can Teach Us About Conflict Resolution. Vol. 9, De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110743371-001
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 20 Dec 2022
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Ukraine, Russia, Maidan, Greek Tragedy, Conflict Resolution, Ukrainian Politics

11.

Islam and Orthodox Christianity in the Caucasus: From Antagonism to Partnership

The Fire Below: How the Caucasus Shaped Russia, Robert Bruce Ware, ed., New York and London: Continuum Press, 2013
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 04 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2013
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Russian Orthodox Church, Islam, Caucasus

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The Bear Trap: Russia and the West after the Crisis in Georgia

Global Dialogue, Vol. 11, pp. 1-18, August 2009
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 05 Nov 2011
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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South Ossetia, Georgia, Russian foreign policy, Abkhazia, Russo-Georgian War of 2008

13.

Creating Social Capital in Russia: The Novgorod Model

World Development, Vol. 29, No. 2, p. 229, 2001
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 05 Nov 2011
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Russia, Novgorod, social capital, cultural capital, political myth, history, symbols

14.

The Legal Case for Russian Intervention in Georgia

Fordham International Law Journal, Vol. 32, No. 5, p. 1524, 2009
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Nov 2011
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Russo-Georgian War of 2008, Humanitarian Intervention, Russian foreign policy, P2P, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Georgia

15.

The Cultural Basis of European Security: Analysis and Implication for Ukraine

Соціальна економіка (Social Economics), No.1, pp. 35-41, 2009
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 06 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2012
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Cultural security, Copenhagen School, Ukraine, Eurasia

16.

Our Man in Moscow

The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 5-12, Summer 2005
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 05 Nov 2011
Nicolai N. Petro and Alexander Rahr
University of Rhode Island and Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Auswaerige Politik (DGAP)
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Vladimir Putin, Russia, Democratization, Privatization

17.

The Origin and Role of U.S. Human Rights Policy

(Проблемы теории и практики управления) Theoretical and Practical Issues of Management, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 36-43, April 2011
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 02 Dec 2011
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Cold War, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Human Rights Policy

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Reversing Field: A Ukraine-Russia Relationship America Can Love

The American Interest, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 37-42, November-December 2010
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 05 Nov 2011
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Viktor Yushchenko, Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine, Russia, Russian foreign policy, U.S. foreign policy

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Four Actors in Search of Security in Eurasia

Журнал Сибирского федерального университета (Journal of the Siberian Federal University), Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 610-614, 2010
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 06 Nov 2011
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Eurasia, cultural security, Chinese foreign policy, Russian foreign policy, U.S. foreign policy, foreign policy of the European Union

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Bringing Ukraine Back into Focus: How to End the New Cold War and Provide Effective Political Assistance to Ukraine

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, 2015
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 21 May 2018
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Ukraine, Russia, U.S. Foreign Policy, EU Foreign Policy

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A Tale of Two Regions: Novgorod and Pskov as Models of Symbolic Development

Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 35, p. 946, 2006
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 05 Nov 2011
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Novgorod, Pskov, Russian regional development, Culture, Symbols

22.

Is Ideological Competition in Europe Necessary?

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 01 Dec 2011
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Values Gap, Russia, Europe

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Jak Liberalne I Demokratyczne Kategorie Stosują Się Do Rosji? (Democracy in a Russian Context)

Studia Politologiczne (University of Warsaw, Poland), 2013, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 08 Mar 2013
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Russia, democracy, Russian Orthodox Church

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How to Get from Soviet to Russian Studies

Russia Direct Report #8 (April 2015): 12-19.
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 23 May 2018
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Russian Studies, Russia

Other Papers (1)

Total Downloads: 13
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Russia's Mission

“Russia’s Mission,” Journal of International Affairs (Columbia University), November 8, 2018. https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/online-articles/russias-mission
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 03 Apr 2019
Nicolai N. Petro
University of Rhode Island
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Russian Foreign Policy, Russia, Ukraine