Alena Vieira is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany). She was a Visiting Researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Institute for Strategic and International Studies (Lisbon), and at the Catholic University of Leuven. Alena was a scholarship holder at the Inbev-Baillet Latour Foundation; Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung; Haniel-Stiftung; Compania di San Paulo, Riksbanken Jubileumsfond and Volkswagen-Stiftung, as well as the Foundation for Science and Technology.
Alena is the author of the book ‘Russia, Belarus and the Enlargement of the EU’ (in German) (Ibidem-Verlag, 2008), as well as author of various articles published in the journals Europe-Asia Studies, Post-Soviet Affairs, EIOP, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, International Spectator, and European Politics and Societies.
China as a Threat and Balancing Behavior in the Realm of Emerging Technologies
Chinese Political Science Review
Publication date: 2024
Type of publication: Journal Article
Assessing the Changing Sino–Russian Relationship: A Longitudinal Analysis of Bilateral Cooperation in the Post-Cold War Period
Europe-Asia Studies
Publication date: 2024
Type of publication: Journal Article
Arms Sales as an Instrument of Russia’s Foreign Policy and the Shifting Security Dynamics of the Middle East
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Introducing the Arms Race in the Middle East in the Twenty First Century: A “Powder Keg” in the Digital Era?
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Introducing the Arms Race in the Middle East in the Twenty First Century: A Powder Keg in the Digital Era?
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Assessing the Changing SinoRussian Relationship: A Longitudinal Analysis of Bilateral Cooperation in the Post-Cold War Period
Europe-Asia Studies
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Journal Article
Arms Sales as an Instrument of Russias Foreign Policy and the Shifting Security Dynamics of the Middle East
Publication date: 2023
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Mapping the Literature on China and Russia in IR and Area Studies: A Bibliometric Analysis (1990-2019)
Journal of Chinese Political Science
Publication date: 2022
Type of publication: Journal Article
Shi’a principles and Iran’s strategic culture towards ballistic missile deployment
International Affairs
Publication date: 2022
Type of publication: Journal Article
Persuading the Giant? Explaining Eastern Partnership States’ (Unexpected) Negotiation Success in Relations with the European Union
International Negotiation
Publication date: 2022
Type of publication: Journal Article
The Chinese Military-Civil Fusion Strategy: A State Action Theory Perspective
The International Spectator
Publication date: 2022
Type of publication: Journal Article