#  Igor Torbakov 

Senior Fellow, Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University

 

 

 



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 This research project intends to investigate a two-pronged question: 1) how the differing, imperial-like natures of Russia and the European Union (coupled with political imagination of their respective elites) make it hard for them to find an accommodation in their shared - and contested - neighborhood and 2) how the recent EU-Russia dynamics prompted Moscow policy elite to re-conceptualize Russia as a distinct civilization, apart from Europe. While exploring these issues, the project will keep a special focus on Ukraine, whose role in the Russia-Europe relationship has historically been and continues to be pivotal.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Fellowship Type
    
     [Ukrainian Studies Fund (USF) Research Fellow in Ukrainian Studies](/fellowship-type/ukrainian-studies-fund-usf-research-fellow-ukrainian-studies)
- ## Fellowship Year
    
     [Fellows for Academic Year 2017-2018](/fellowship-year/fellows-academic-year-2017-2018)
- ## Role
    
     [Fellows](/role/fellows)