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Ekaterina Klimenko
Researcher
Ekaterina Klimenko
Ekaterina Klimenko joined SIPRI as a Researcher in SIPRI's Russia and Euro-Eurasian Security Programme. Within this framework, she conducts research on Russian policies in the Arctic and Caucasus (North Caucasus). Ekaterina graduated from the University of Geneva, where she submitted a research thesis titles Central Asia as a Regional Security Complex. She previously worked as a Research and Training Assistant in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Academy in Bishkek and as an intern at the OSCE Secretariat.
Subject expertise
International and regional security; regional security organizations (especially in the post-Soviet space)
Regional expertise
Russia, Russian policy in the Arctic, the Arctic region
Languages
Russian, English
Education
MAS in International and European Security, European Institute, University of Geneva/ Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland; MA in Political Science, OSCE Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Citizenship
Kyrgyzstan
SIPRI COMMENTARY
- Russia’s new Arctic policy document signals continuity rather than change (Essay, )
- Shipping along the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route will be determined by Russia–China cooperation in the region (Expert comment, )
- The status of Chinese–Russian energy cooperation in the Arctic (Topical backgrounder, )
- Decreasing violence in the North Caucasus: Is an end to the regional conflict in sight? (Blog, )
- Shifting conflict and security dynamics in the Caucasus: The role of regional powers (Blog, )
SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
- Narratives in the Russian Media of Conflict and Cooperation in the Arctic (August 2019)
- The Geopolitics of a Changing Arctic (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2019)
- Protracted Armed Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Space and their Impact on Black Sea Security (December 2018)
- Emerging Chinese–Russian Cooperation in the Arctic (SIPRI, Stockholm: June 2017)
- China–Russia Relations and Regional Dynamics: From Pivots to Peripheral Diplomacy (March 2017)
- Russia's Arctic Security Policy: Still Quiet in the High North? (February 2016)
- Russia’s Evolving Arctic Strategy: Drivers, Challenges and New Opportunities (September 2014) 25 pp.
External publications
- Klimenko, E., 'Interdependence, not sovereignty, is the key to the development of Russia’s Arctic region', SIPRI Essay, Oct. 2013
- Klimenko, E., 'The 3rd GCSP-OSCE Academy-NUPI-NESA Seminar Central Asia 2010', GCSP Geneva Papers, Conference Series no. 19 (2010)