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Department of Political Science, University of MinhoALENA VIEIRA

Ph.D. in Political Science (University Erlangen-Nuremberg)
D4215@eeg.uminho.pt
+ 351 253 601 947
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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.

Research Areas

Russia

Euroasia

European Union

Comparative approaches
Publications

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

URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32432-1_1

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

URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32432-1_15

Assessing the Changing Sino–Russian Relationship: A Longitudinal Analysis of Bilateral Cooperation in the Post-Cold War Period

Europe-Asia Studies

Publication date: 2023

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2023.2276677

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

URL: https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/51043031/

Shi’a principles and Iran’s strategic culture towards ballistic missile deployment

International Affairs

Publication date: 2022

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/52769089/

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

URL: https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/55161018/

The Chinese Military-Civil Fusion Strategy: A State Action Theory Perspective

The International Spectator

Publication date: 2022

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03932729.2022.2080262

A Friend in Need? The Sino-Russian Relationship Under the Coronavirus Crisis in Twitter: a Russian Perspective

East Asia

Publication date: 2021

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12140-021-09361-2

Freedom of Speech and Media Plurality in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Civil Society Forum

Publication date: 2021

Type of publication: Online Resource

URL: https://eap-csf.eu/wp-content/uploads/Fr

The European Union’s ‘Potential We’ between Acceptance and Contestation: Assessing the Positioning of Six Eastern Partnership Countries*

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies

Publication date: 2021

Type of publication: Journal Article

URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13069

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