Kristiina Silvan | FIIA – Finnish Institute of International Affairs

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Expertise

Russian and Belarusian domestic policy and social movements, politics and society in Central Asian states

Degrees

PhD candidate in Political History, University of Helsinki

MA in International relations and European studies

MA in Russian and Central & East European studies

Language skills

Finnish, English, Russian, Polish (working languages), Swedish, German, Belarusian, Slovak (passive knowledge)

latest publications

05 / 2020

Eurasian Union fails a critical test: Displaying irrelevance in the time of the corona crisis

03 / 2020

Managed leadership succession in Kazakhstan: A model for gradual departure?

Expertise

Russian and Belarusian domestic policy and social movements, politics and society in Central Asian states

Degrees

PhD candidate in Political History, University of Helsinki

MA in International relations and European studies

MA in Russian and Central & East European studies

Language skills

Finnish, English, Russian, Polish (working languages), Swedish, German, Belarusian, Slovak (passive knowledge)

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05 / 2020

Eurasian Union fails a critical test: Displaying irrelevance in the time of the corona crisis

Covid-19 Economic policy EU's Eastern Neighbourhood Multilateralism pandemic Russia FIIA Comment

03 / 2020

Managed leadership succession in Kazakhstan: A model for gradual departure?

Democracy EU's Eastern Neighbourhood Post-Soviet Space Russia FIIA Briefing Paper

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Moshes, Arkady & Silvan, Kristiina (2020). HS Vieraskynä: Kirgisian sekava tilanne ansaitsisi enemmän kansainvälistä huomiota. Helsingin Sanomat, 10.10.

Asia China European Union Russia E Publications intended for the general public

Nizhnikau, Ryhor & Silvan, Kristiina (2020). HS Vieraskynä: EU:n on tarkistettava suhdetta Valko-Venäjään. Helsingin Sanomat, 17.7.

Belarus EU's Eastern Neighbourhood European Union E Publications intended for the general public

Silvan, Kristiina (2020). From Komsomol to the Republican Youth Union: Building a pro-presidential mass membership youth organisation in post-Soviet Belarus. Europe-Asia Studies, 72 (8):1305-1328.

Belarus Post-Soviet Space A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Silvan, Kristiina (2019). Lukashenka’s regime: rooted in youth summer camps? ZOiS Spotlight.

B Non-refereed scientific articles

Silvan, Kristiina (2019). (Dis)Engaging Youth in Contemporary Belarus Through a Pro-Presidential Youth League. Demokratizatsiya, 27 (3):263-286.

A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Silvan, Kristiina (2019). Hallitun vallansiirron seuraukset voivat yllättää. Helsingin Sanomat, 24.6.

E Publications intended for the general public

Silvan, Kristiina (2019). Youth Policy Practice in Post-Soviet Russia and Belarus: Past and Present. Mir Rossii : sociologiâ ètnologiâ kul’turologiâ, 28 (1):161-171.

Russia A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Silvan, Kristiina (2018). Policy subjects or objects? Paradigm shift in the youth policy of Belarus. Vesnik Grodzenskaga dzâržaǔnaga unìversìtèta ìmâ Ânkì Kupaly, 8 (2):218–235.

A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Silvan, Kristiina (2018). An organisation for youth: the establishment and the development of the Russian youth union (1990–2018). In Larisa Deriglazova ed(s): Europe and the European Union Through The Eyes of Scholars. Tomsk: Izdatel'stvo Tomskogo universiteta. 81-96.

A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Silvan, Kristiina (2018). Haastatteluja aika- ja kulttuurirajojen yli Valko-Venäjän kommunistisen järjestönuoruuden muistelukontekstissa. Elore, 25 (2):73-87.

B Non-refereed scientific articles

Hakoniemi, Elina; Kärrylä, Ilkka Aleksi; Silvan, Kristiina Annikki & Taavetti, Riikka Maria ed(s) (2018). Menneet tulevaisuudet: Ajankohta: Poliittisen historian vuosikirja 2018. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto & Turun yliopisto.

C Scientific books (monographs)

Silvan, Kristiina (2018). Komsomolin menneet tulevaisuudet: taistelu selviytymisestä Valko-Venäjällä Neuvostoliiton romahtaessa. In Elina Hakoniemi, Ilkka Kärrylä, Kristiina Silvan, Riikka Taavetti ed(s): Menneet tulevaisuudet : Ajankohta: Poliittisen historian vuosikirja 2018. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto & Turun yliopisto. 129-162.

Belarus A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Silvan, Kristiina; Hakoniemi, Elina; Kärrylä, Ilkka & Taavetti, Riikka (2018). Ajankohta 2018 katsoo kohti mennyttä tulevaisuutta. In Elina Hakoniemi ; Ilkka Kärrylä ; Kristiina Silvan ; Riikka Taavetti ed(s): Menneet tulevaisuudet: Ajankohta, poliittisen historian vuosikirja 2018. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto & Turun yliopisto. 7-12.

B Non-refereed scientific articles

Silvan, Kristiina (2017). "Suuren voiton valo": Toisen maailmansodan muistipolitiikkaa opiskelijoille. Idäntutkimus, 24 (3):95-100.

B Non-refereed scientific articles

Silvan, Kristiina (2018). The Long Hangover: Putin's New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past. Europe-Asia Studies, 70 (10):1712-1713.

B Non-refereed scientific articles

Silvan, Kristiina & Oivo, Teemu (2018). BASEES-konferenssi Cambridgessa. Idäntutkimus, 25 (2):101–103.

B Non-refereed scientific articles

Silvan, Kristiina (2018). Voitonpäivän tunnelmia Moskovassa. Politiikasta.fi, 14.5.

E Publications intended for the general public

Laine, Veera & Silvan, Kristiina (2018). Mitä tehdä, kun iskulauseet vaimenevat? Politiikasta.fi, 2.3.

Democracy EU's Eastern Neighbourhood Human rights Post-Soviet Space Russia E Publications intended for the general public

Silvan, Kristiina (2018). Miten paikallisvaaleissa kampanjoidaan "Euroopan viimeisessä diktatuurissa"? The Ulkopolitist, 14.2.

E Publications intended for the general public

Silvan, Kristiina & Koivunen, Pia (2018). Menneisyyden toisintoa ja 2000-luvun hybridivaikuttamista Maailman nuorisofestivaaleilla. Politiikasta.fi, 11.1.

E Publications intended for the general public

Silvan, Kristiina (2017). Socialist Fun. Youth, Consumption, and State-Sponsored Popular Culture in the Soviet Union, 1945-1970. Europe-Asia Studies, 69 (5):844-845.

B Non-refereed scientific articles

Laine, Veera & Silvan, Kaarina (2017). Otteet Valko-Venäjällä ja Venäjällä voivat koventua. Helsingin Sanomat, 1.4.

Human rights Post-Soviet Space Russia E Publications intended for the general public

Silvan, Kristiina (2016). Venäjän rajoitettu internet vuonna 2015. Idäntutkimus, 23 (1):100-102.

B Non-refereed scientific articles

Silvan, Kristiina (2016). Russian-speaking Belarus: Language, identity and politics. Predeli, 10.7.

E Publications intended for the general public

Silvan, Kristiina (2015). Group Cohesion and Minority Bargaining: the Case of Estonian and Latvian Russian-speakers After 2004. Budapest: Central European University, Depatment of International Relations.

G Theses

Silvan, Kristiina (2015). Defining civil society in contemporary Russia: a case study from Youth Forum Seliger 2013. Russian Journal of Communication, 7 (1):53-64.

A Peer-reviewed scientific articles