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a.kireeva@my.mgimo.ru
Academic career:
2008 — B.A. in Regional Studies and International Relations, Department of International Relations of Moscow State Institute (University) of International Relations, the MFA of Russia
2010 — M.A. in Regional Studies and International Relations, Master of Arts Program “Politics and Economics of World Regions”, Moscow State Institute (University) of International Relations, the MFA of Russia
2013 — PhD, titled “The Role of Great Powers (China, Japan, India, the USA and Russia) in Structuring the Macro-Regional Space of East Asia”, Moscow State Institute (University) of International Relations, the MFA of Russia
2011–2015 — Coordinator, M.A. Program in World Regional Studies and International Relations “Politics and Economics of World Regions”, Moscow State Institute (University) of International Relations, the MFA of Russia
February 2015 — June 2017 — Deputy Dean, School of Political Affairs, in charge of M.A. Programs in International Relations and Political Science
September 2010 — present — Associate Professor, previously Senior Lecturer, Lecturer, Department of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), the MFA of Russia (2010 part time, since 2011 — full time)
September 2017 — present — Research Fellow, Center for Comprehensive Chinese Studies and Regional Projects, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), the MFA of Russia
Subject area: regionalism, regional order, great powers, international relations and security in East Asia and the Indo-Pacific, Russia’s, China’s, Japan’s, US’ and India’s strategies and foreign policy in East Asia and the Indo-Pacific, China-Japan relations.
Dr. Anna Kireeva focuses on the foreign policy strategies and policy of great/major powers in East Asia and the Indo-Pacific: China, Japan, the U.S. and Russia as well as India as an emerging power. She has a number of publications on the foreign policy strategies of U.S., China and Japan, China-Japan relations and Russia’s East Asian policy. Her focus recently has been on Russia’s Asian pivot and Russia’s relations with Japan, China, South Korea, North Korea and East Asia in general. Her research includes the topics of the transformation of the East Asian regional order and the Indo-Pacific, China’s Asian policy and the Belt and Road Initiative, the Maritime Silk Road in particular, the U.S. Asia and Indo-Pacific policy, Japan’s foreign policy and national security policy transformation, Japan’s Indo-Pacific strategy and its relations with regional states, the territorial disputes in the East China and South China Seas.
Anna Kireeva is a member of International Studies Association (ISA), European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS), Russian Political Science Association (RAPN), the Association of Japanologists and of the Russian National Committee of the Council of Security and Cooperation in the Asia Pacific.
Anna Kireeva speaks Japanese, English and Chinese.
Her English-langage publications include:
- Anna Kireeva, Alexey Kupriyanov, Russia’s attitude to the Quad Plus: Troublesome present, hazy future in Jagannath P. Panda, Ernest Gunasekara-Rockwell (eds.) Quad Plus and Indo-Pacific. The Changing Profile of International Relations, Oxon, N.-Y.: Routledge, 2022. pp. 211-224.
- Matteo Dian, Anna Kireeva. Wedge Strategies in Russia-Japan Relations, The Pacific Review, 2021. DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2021.1887331.
- Anna Kireeva, Alexey Kupriyanov, India and China in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region: Roles, Strategies and Competition in Jesus R. Argumosa Pila, Alejandro Garofali Acosta, Mario Torres Jarrin (eds.) The Future of the Asia-Pacific in the New World Order. Emerging Markets & Emerging Powers, Valencia: Tirant Humanidades, 2021, pp. 195-226.
- Anna Kireeva, Turn to the East: Russia’s View of the Indo-Pacific, Asia Global Online, June 30, 2021.
- Anna Kireeva. Japan —Vietnam Extensive Strategic Partnership: Interests and Constraints, Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies, 2021, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 6–25. DOI: 10.54631/VS.2021.54-6-25.
- Anna Kireeva, Alexei Kupriyanov. Russia and Quad Plus. Is There a Way Forward? The Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, 2020, Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 210-228.
- How to Deal with North Korea: Reviving Multilateralism in the COVID-19 Era / National Committee on American Foreign Policy. June 2020. (contributor).
- Anna Kireeva, Foreign Policy Legacy of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Valdai Discussions Club, September 24, 2020.
- Anna Kireeva. The Indo-Pacific in the Strategies of the U.S. and Japan. Common and Distinctive Features, Implications for Russia, Russia in Global Affairs, July-September 2020, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 98-127. Available at: eng.globalaffairs.ru/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/098-127.pdf
- Anna Kireeva, Foreign Policy Legacy of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Valdai Discussion Club, September 24, 2020. Available at: valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/foreign-policy-legacy-of-japanese-prime-minister/
- Anna Kireeva. A New Stage in Russia-Japan Relations: Rapprochement and its Limitations, Asia-Pacific Review, 2019, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 76-104. DOI: 10.1080/13439006.2019.1692526 Available at: mgimo.ru/upload/iblock/9e9/Kireeva%20Anna_A%20New%20Stage%20in%20Russia%20Japan%20Relations%...
- Alexander Panov, Dmitry Streltsov, Anna Kireeva, Vladimir Nelidov. Russia—Japan Relations: New Stage of Development. Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). Working Paper 50/2019. Moscow: NPMP RIAC, 2019. 40 p. (contributor, Chapter 2 Russia and Japan’s Positions on Key Problems of Regional Security and Cooperation, pp. 15-25). Available at: russiancouncil.ru/en/activity/workingpapers/russia-japan-relations-new-stage-of-development/
- Anna Kireeva, South Korea-Russia Relations after the Cold War in Marco Milani, Antonio Fiori, Matteo Dian (eds.). The Korean Paradox: Domestic Political Divide and Foreign Policy in South Korea. Routledge, 2019, pp. 137-156. Available at: taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351008761
- Anna Kireeva, Liudmila Zakharova. Takeaways From the Long-Awaited Russia-North Korea Summit, The Diplomat, April 26, 2019. thediplomat.com/2019/04/takeaways-from-the-long-awaited-russia-north-korea-summit/
- Anna Kireeva, The Silk Road Economic Belt and the Maritime Silk Road Initiative: Evaluating the Transregional Potential of Chinese Projects in Alexei D. Voskressenski, Boglarka Koller (eds). The Regional World Order: Transregionalism, Regional Integration, and Regional Projects across Europe and Asia, London: Lexington Books, 2019, pp. 137-152. Available at: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498580700/The-Regional-World-Order-Transregionalism-Regional-Integration...
- Anna Kireeva, Asymmetry and Development of Russia-Japan Relations, Russian International Affairs Council, June 13, 2018. Available at: russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/analytics/asymmetry-of-russia-japan-relations/
- Streltsov Dmitry, Kireeva Anna, Dyachkov Ilya. Russia’s View on the International Security in Northeast Asia, The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, March 2018, Vol 30, No. 1, pp. 115-134. Available at: mgimo.ru/upload/iblock/7bd/Streltsov-Kireeva-Dyachkov_2018.pdf
- Anna Kireeva, «Dove of Peace» or «Gangster»: Goals of US Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula, Valdai Discussion Club, July 18, 2018. Available at: https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/dove-of-peace-or-gangster-goals-of-us-diplomacy-on/
- Anna Kireeva, North Korea Coming in from the Cold: What are Japan’s Fears? Valdai Discussion Club, June 9, 2018. Available at: valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/north-korea-coming-in-from-the-cold-what-are-japan/
- Anna Kireeva, Andrey Sushentsov, The Russia-Japanese Rapprochement: Opportunities and Limitations, Valdai Discussion Club Report, August 2017, 24 p. Available at: valdaiclub.com/a/reports/report-russian-japanese-rapprochement/
- Anna Kireeva, Regionalism and the Future of Global Governance, International Trends, July-September 2017, Volume 15, No. 3 (50), pp. 113-119. Available at: http://intertrends.ru/system/Doc/ArticlePdf/1786/fzcQWP4ioa.pdf
- Anna Kireeva, The US-Russia-China Triangle: Positive Scenario II, The Asan Forum, June 17, 2017. Available at: theasanforum.org/category/alternative-scenarios/?post_id=8234&c_id=8375#content_wrap
- Anna Kireeva, The US-Russia-China Triangle: Positive Scenario I, The Asan Forum, April 17, 2017. Available at: theasanforum.org/category/alternative-scenarios/?post_id=8234&c_id=8244#content_wrap
- Anna Kireeva, Regional Strategies and Military Buildup in East Asia and Indo-Pacific: A Russian perspective, Maritime Affairs, 2014, Volume 10, Issue 2, pp. 33-51. Available at: mgimo.ru/upload/iblock/da9/Regional-Strategies_Kireeva_2014.pdf
- Anna Kireeva, Great Powers and Power Dynamics in East Asia, International Trends, September-December 2013, vol. 11, No. 3-4 (34-35), pp. 95-102. Available at: intertrends.ru/system/Doc/ArticlePdf/1606/etePlYzV1V.pdf
- Anna Kireeva, Russia’s East Asia Policy: New Opportunities and Challenges, Perceptions, Winter 2012, Vol. 17, No.4, pp. 49-78. Available at: sam.gov.tr/pdf/perceptions/Volume-XVII/winter-2012/3Anna_Kireeva.pdf
- Anna Kireeva, Alexey Kupriyanov, Russia’s attitude to the Quad Plus: Troublesome present, hazy future in Jagannath P. Panda, Ernest Gunasekara-Rockwell (eds.) Quad Plus and Indo-Pacific. The Changing Profile of International Relations, Oxon, N.-Y.: Routledge, 2022. pp. 211-224.
- Matteo Dian, Anna Kireeva. Wedge Strategies in Russia-Japan Relations, The Pacific Review, 2021. DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2021.1887331.
- Anna Kireeva, Alexey Kupriyanov, India and China in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region: Roles, Strategies and Competition in Jesus R. Argumosa Pila, Alejandro Garofali Acosta, Mario Torres Jarrin (eds.) The Future of the Asia-Pacific in the New World Order. Emerging Markets & Emerging Powers, Valencia: Tirant Humanidades, 2021, pp. 195-226.
- Anna Kireeva, Turn to the East: Russia’s View of the Indo-Pacific, Asia Global Online, June 30, 2021.
- Anna Kireeva. Japan —Vietnam Extensive Strategic Partnership: Interests and Constraints, Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies, 2021, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 6–25. DOI: 10.54631/VS.2021.54-6-25.
- Anna Kireeva, Alexei Kupriyanov. Russia and Quad Plus. Is There a Way Forward? The Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, 2020, Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 210-228.
- How to Deal with North Korea: Reviving Multilateralism in the COVID-19 Era / National Committee on American Foreign Policy. June 2020. (contributor).
- Anna Kireeva, Foreign Policy Legacy of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Valdai Discussions Club, September 24, 2020.
Videos and podcasts:
- India’s Diplomatic Olympic Boycott; Putin Praises ‘Unprecedented Close’ China Ties In Xi Meeting, StratNews Global, February 4, 2022
- India-Russia: Rethinking, Readjusting, Reasserting, Raising Relations, Strategic News Global, December 6, 2021.
- Russia-U.S. Relations; ‘Catching A Falling Knife’ And What The Summit Means For The World, StratNews Global, June 18, 2021.
- New Challenges for Russia and Japan in the Evolving Indo-Pacific. Alexander Gabuev, Anna Kireeva, Ken Jimbo, Carnegie Moscow Center, March 10, 2021.
- Moscow’s Partnership with Beijing — is Russia lost for the West? Hanns Seidel Stiftung, February 10, 2021.
- Asian Geopolitics In Flux: Traditional and Non-Traditional Challenges for Russia and Japan, Moscow Carnegie Center, February 11, 2020.
- Sino-Russian Relations: Evolution, Prospects, and Challenges, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington D.C., May 24, 2019.
- Russia, Korea and Prospects for Multilateral Dialogue, The Korea Society, New York, April 11, 2018.
- Russia’s relations with Northeast Asia, Temple University, Japan Campus, Tokyo, January 25, 2018.
- Great Powers in Asia, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington D.C., November 9, 2017.
- Korea-Russia-China Relations: New Realities for the Korean Peninsula, The Korea Society, New York, November 8, 2017.
- What Western media won’t tell you about the China-Russia relationship, CGTN, March 3, 2018.
- The Russian-Japanese Rapprochement: Opportunities and Limitations. Report Presentation, Valdai Discussion Club, August 31, 2017.