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European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies

European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1951. 19.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the concept of hybrid warfare, particularly in the context of international relations, with a focus on Russia, Ukraine, military strategy, information warfare, NATO, security, and geopolitics. It delves into the complexities of modern conflicts that involve a combination of conventional, irregular, and cyber warfare tactics, shaping the dynamics of global security.

  • Hybrid Warfare
  • International Relations
  • Russia
  • Ukraine
  • Military Strategy
  • Information Warfare
  • NATO
  • Security
  • Geopolitics
  • Conflict
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+98%
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Which countries lead European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies research?

By volume, the United States and Ukraine publish the most (451 and 381 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 451 works
  2. 2 Ukraine 381 works
  3. 3 Russia 380 works
  4. 4 Poland 316 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 242 works
  6. 6 Germany 215 works
  7. 7 Romania 118 works
  8. 8 France 113 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 88 works
  10. 10 Canada 71 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 19.0%Ukraine: 16.0%Russia: 16.0%Poland: 13.3%6 others listed: 35.7%19%largest
United States451 · 19.0%Ukraine381 · 16.0%Russia380 · 16.0%Poland316 · 13.3%6 others listed847 · 35.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv publishes the most European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies research, followed by Carol I National Defence University and Institute of World Economy and International Relations.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine 35 works
  2. 2 Carol I National Defence UniversityRomania 32 works
  3. 3 Institute of World Economy and International RelationsRussia 29 works
  4. 4 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia 25 works
  5. 5 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 24 works
  6. 6 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom 23 works
  7. 7 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 22 works
  8. 8 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 21 works
  9. 9 Ludovika University of Public ServiceHungary 19 works
  10. 10 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 19 works

Who are the leading researchers in European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies include Barry Buzan, John C. Campbell and Lawrence Freedman.

  1. 1 Barry Buzan United Kingdom 1.6k citations
  2. 2 John C. Campbell United States 1.3k citations
  3. 3 Lawrence Freedman United Kingdom 1.2k citations
  4. 4 Eliot A. Cohen United States 1.1k citations
  5. 5 Andrew J. Pierre United States 951 citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies research done?

The largest centres of European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine), Warsaw (Poland) and Bucharest (Romania). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tbilisi, Odesa and Kyiv.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 236 works
  2. 2 Kyiv Ukraine 164 works
  3. 3 Warsaw Poland 89 works
  4. 4 Bucharest Romania 72 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 66 works
  6. 6 Washington D.C. United States 64 works
  7. 7 Paris France 59 works
  8. 8 New York United States 44 works
  9. 9 Kharkiv Ukraine 42 works
  10. 10 Budapest Hungary 41 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TbilisiGE · 34.6 works24×
  2. OdesaUA · 23.5 works18×
  3. KyivUA · 163.9 works16×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies?

Among universities, judged by research, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Swedish Defence University and King's College London score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 24.27%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv: 35, 24.9%Swedish Defence University: 8, 49.7%King's College London: 22, 26.3%Moscow State Institute of International Relations: 25, 25.1%Military University of Technology in Warsaw: 13, 33.6%Jagiellonian University: 21, 20.9%University of Birmingham: 23, 4.1%National Research University Higher School of Economics: 18, 22.9%National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy: 14, 18.3%University of Warsaw: 17, 16.9%Swedish Defence Univ…King's College LondonMoscow State Institu…Taras Shevchenko Nat…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine 76.424.9%35.9×35 +1366.7%
2 Swedish Defence UniversitySweden 71.849.7%152.4×8 +438.3%
3 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 67.526.3%8.4×22 +223.0%
4 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia 66.125.1%41.8×25 +114.3%
5 Military University of Technology in WarsawPoland 65.233.6%39.5×13 +158.0%
6 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 64.420.9%9.1×21 +605.0%
7 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom 60.64.1%11.6×23 +204.4%
8 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 59.322.9%12.2×18 +86.6%
9 National University of Kyiv-Mohyla AcademyUkraine 59.318.3%78.7×14 +216.7%
10 University of WarsawPoland 59.216.9%9.3×17 +406.3%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 98% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.