Selected Publications

Bücher / Books

• Busygina, Irina. How Geography and Institutions Shape the Development of Nations. UK: Routledge (in print).
• Busygina, Irina; Filippov, Mikhail. Federalism and Decentralization in Authoritarian Settings: Lessons from the Post-Soviet Region. UK: Routledge, 2024.
• Busygina, Irina. Russia-EU Relations and the Common Neighborhood: Coercion Versus Authority. UK: Routledge, 2018.

Artikel in Journals mit Peer-Review / Articles in peer-reviewed journals

• Kaczmarska, Katarzyna; Busygina, Irina; Holm-Hansen, Jørn; Handå Myhre, Marthe. State Populism in Russia in a Time of War: Examining Discourses on ‘Anti-Russian’ Sanctions. In: The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 27(4), 2025, pp. 1312–1340.

• Busygina, Irina; Tevdoy-Burmuli, Alexander. Institutional and Discursive Attributes of the Imperial Project in Modern Russia. In: Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2025 (online first).

• Busygina, Irina; Filippov, Mikhail. The Impact of War on Center-Regional Relations in Russia: The Case of Defense-Linked Regions. In: Russian Politics 10(1), 2025, pp. 1–21.

• Busygina, Irina. The sources of territorial resilience in Putin’s Russia. In: Post-Soviet Affairs, 2024, pp. 250–261.
• Busygina, Irina; Paustyan, Ekaterina. The regional dimension of Russia’s resilience during its war against Ukraine: An Introduction. In: Post-Soviet Affairs, 2024, pp. 243–249.
• Busygina, Irina; Paustyan, Ekaterina. Ready to Protest? Explaining Protest Potential in Russian Regional Capitals. In: Regional and Federal Studies, 2023, pp. 499–520.
• Busygina, Irina; Klimovich, Stanislav. Pandemic Decentralization: COVID-19 and Principal–Agent Relations in Russia. In: Problems of Post-Communism, 2022, pp. 1–12.
• Busygina, Irina; Filippov, Mikhail. COVID and Federal Relation in Russia. In: Russian Politics, 2021, pp. 279–300.
• Busygina, Irina; Filippov, Mikhail. Trade-offs and inconsistencies of the Russian foreign policy: The case of Eurasia. In: Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2021, 12(1), pp. 46–56.
• Busygina, Irina; Filippov, Mikhail. Russia, Post-Soviet Integration, and the EAEU: The Balance between Domination and Cooperation. In: Problems of Post-Communism, 2021, 68:6, pp. 477–486.

Herausgeberschaften / Editorships

• Busygina, Irina; Krivokhizh, Svetlana (Eds.). Regional Leadership in Post-Soviet Eurasia: The Strategies of Russia, China, and the European Union. UK: Routledge, 2023.  

Kapitel in Sammelbänden / Chapters in edited volumes

• Busygina, Irina. The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Eurasian Economic Union. In: The Impact of the Russo-Ukrainian War on the Broader Region. PONARS Eurasia Policy Perspective (e-book), 2024, pp. 6–12.
• Busygina, Irina; Krivokhizh, Svetlana. Conceptualizing regional leadership. In: Busygina, Irina; Krivokhizh, Svetlana (eds.). Regional Leadership in Post-Soviet Eurasia: The Strategies of Russia, China, and the European Union. London and New York: Routledge, 2023, pp. 5–21.
• Busygina, Irina. The Road to War: How Russia Has Lost the Chances for Leadership in Post-Soviet Eurasia. In: Busygina, Irina; Krivokhizh, Svetlana (ed.). Regional Leadership in Post-Soviet Eurasia: The Strategies of Russia, China, and the European Union. London and New York: Routledge, 2023, pp. 37–60.
• Busygina, Irina; Filippov, Mikhail. Center-regional relations in Russia. In: Gill, Graeme (ed.). Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society. UK: Routledge, 2023, pp. 160–169.
• Busygina, Irina. Are Post-Soviet Leaders Doomed to Be Populist? A Comparative Analysis of Putin and Nazarbayev. In: Makarychev, Andrey (ed.). Multifaceted Nationalism and Illiberal Momentum at Europe’s Eastern Margin. Routledge, 2021. pp. 502–518.

Andere Veröffentlichungen / Other publications

• Busygina, Irina. An «Elegant» Solution: Because We Need Them More. RIDDLE, 27/04/2024.
• Busygina, Irina; Filippov, Mikhail. After the Collapse: How to Prevent a Return to Another Variant of “Putinism”. PONARS Policy Memo N 887, 01/05/2024.
• Busygina, Irina; Filippov, Mikhail. Center-Regional Relations in Russia during the War: Are Tere Signs of Model Erosion? PONARS Policy Memo N 872, 12//01/2024.
• Busygina, Irina. Why Talk About Regional Leadership in a Time of War? Jordan Center for Advanced Russian Studies. Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, 09/11/2023.
• Busygina, Irina. How to reform Russian federalism: Conditions, costs, and risks. Reforum, 29/08/2023.
• Busygina, Irina. Putin’s system: How to create a majority indifferent to war. Novaya Gazeta, 27.08.2023.
• Busygina, Irina; Filippov, Mikhail. Regional Governors, Moscow, and the War. Russian Analytical Digest N 295, 02/06/2023.
• Busygina, Irina; Filippov, Mikhail. Russia’s Regional Governors: Backing the War, Upholding the Status Quo. PONARS, 08/04/2023.
• Busygina, Irina. Does Russia risk disintegration? Experts' Perspectives. RussiaPost, 21/02/2023.
• Busygina, Irina. The Desire to Possess: Russia’s War for Territory. PONARS, 08/02/2023.
• Busygina, Irina; Filippov, Mikhail. Moscow vs the Regions: What Has Not Been Changed by the War. RIDDL,  27/01/2023.
• Busygina, Irina. Der Krieg in der Ukraine: Positionen und die Zukunft der russischen Universitäten. Russland-Analysen N 422, 15/07/2022.
• Busygina, Irina. “Russian Arbitrary Rule”. RIDL Russia, 12/07/2022.
• Busygina, Irina. Russia in the Post-Soviet Eurasia: What Has Been Lost on the Road to War? RussiaPost, 20/06/2022.
• Busygina, Irina. (No New) Lessons Learned. Russian Analytical Digest N 276, 18/02/2022.
• Busygina, Irina; Filippov, Mikhail. Nested Games? The Inconsistencies of Russian Foreign Policy in Eurasia. PONARS Policy Memo N 684, 11/01/2021.

ZOiS-Veröffentlichungen / ZOiS publications

• Busygina, Irina. Climbing to the Top: New Elites in Moscow From Russia’s Regions. ZOiS Spotlight 12/2025.
• Busygina, Irina. The Role of Russia’s Regions in the War Economy. ZOiS Spotlight 22/2024.
• Busygina, Irina. Moscow is trapped: Center-regional Relations in Russia After the Invasion of Ukraine. ZOiS Spotlight 23/2022.