Artyom L. Lukin

Far Eastern Federal University.

Political Science and Area Studies International Relations.

List of research projects

The lead researcher of the project “The development of the Russia-China strategic partnership in East Asia” (supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, the project period 2020-2022).

Principal investigator. Research project “Nuclear Weapons and Russian – North Korean Relations” (conducted jointly with the Foreign Policy Research Institute, the US, and supported by Carnegie Corporation of New York), 2016-17.

Principal investigator. Research Project “The Russian Far East and US-Russia relations.” (conducted jointly with the Foreign Policy Research Institute, the US, and supported by Smith-Richardson Foundation), 2013-15. 

List of possible research topics 

• List of possible research topics.

• The dynamics of the Russia-China-US great power triangle.

• Geopolitical and geo-conomic aspects of Russia-China relations.

• The nuclear problem of the Korean Peninsula.

• The Russian Far East: geopolitical and geo-economic dimensions.

• Russia and the geopolitics of climate change.

Supervisor’s research interests

• The dynamics of the Russia-China-US great power triangle.

• Russia-China relations.

• Russia-North Korea relations.

• Russia – South Korea relations.

• Russia –Japan relations.

• Strategic security in Northeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific.

• The nuclear problem of the Korean Peninsula; North Korea as a strategic actor.

• The Russian Far East: geopolitical and geo-economic dimensions.

• Russia and the geopolitics of climate change.

Research highlights

The international relations program at Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok is one the best places to study the geopolitics of Northeast Asia as well as Russia’s interactions with Asia.

Supervisor’s specific requirements:

Strong command of the English language is a must. At least the basic level of the Russian language is also desirable.

Supervisor’s main publications

• Lukin, Artyom. “The Russia–China entente and its future.”  International Politics. 2021, 58 (3) , pp. 363–380.

• Lukin, Artyom and Lyudmila Zakharova. “Russia-North Korea economic ties: is there more than meets the eye?” Orbis. 2018, 62 (2), pp. 244-261.

• Lukin, Artyom. “Asian organizations.” In Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy. Ed. by A.P. Tsygankov. Routledge, 2018, pp. 388-399.

• Lukin, Artyom. “Russia and the United States in the Asia Pacific: A Perspective of the English School.” Asian Perspective. 2018, 42 (3), pp. 307-331.

• Lukin, Artyom. “Soviet/Russia-China Relations: coming full circle?” In Thomas Fingar (ed.), Uneasy Partnerships: China's engagement with Japan, the Koreas, and Russia in the era of reform. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2017, pp. 189-217.