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Dr Ekaterina Stepanova

head, Peace and Conflict Studies Unit, Institute of the World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Moscow

Research focus: armed conflicts, violent networks, terrorism, other types of collective violence, political economy of conflicts, peacebuilding

Dr Stepanova is the author of six books, including Terrorism in Asymmetrical Conflict: Ideological and Structural Aspects (Oxford University Press, 2008). She lectures in English at European University in Saint Petersburg and at European Peace University (Austria) and serves on board of SSCI journals Terrorism and Political Violence and The International Journal of Conflicts and Violence. » MORE

New publications

• Stepanova E. “Illicit drugs and insurgency in Afghanistan,” in Perspectives on Terrorism, vol. VI, no. 2 (May 2012), pp. 4-18.

• Stepanova E. “Future trends in violent threats to security,” in Global Strategic Developments: A Futuristic Vision (Abu Dhabi: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 2012), pp. 167–193.

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BOOKS


Terrorism: Patterns of Internationalization eds Saikia J. and Stepanova E. (New Delhi; London; Los Angeles: Sage, 2009), 266 p. Order: Sage India or Sage UK; Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com. Review: Strategic Analysis (2009)	Stepanova E., Terrorismo en el conflicto asimétrico: aspectos ideológicos y estructurales, Cuadernos de Actualidad en Defensa y Estrategia, no. 2: En Torno a la Asimetría (Buenos Aires: Ministeria de Defensa, 2009), 178 p.	Stepanova E., Terrorism in Asymmetrical Conflict: Ideological and Structural Aspects (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2008), 200 p. Order: Amazon; OUP Reviews: Peace, Conflict and Development (2011); Democracy and Security »read; Terrorism and Political Violence (2009); Global Crime »read, Survival (2008)	Stepanova E., Anti-Terrorism and Peace-Building During and After Conflict (Stockholm: SIPRI, 2003). Reprinted in: Peace Studies: Critical Concepts in Political Science (London: Routledge, 2005), vol. III, pp. 338–389.

BOOKS in Russian


Stepanova E., [Terrorism in Asymmetrical Conflict: Ideological and Structural Aspects] (Moscow: Nauchnaya kniga, 2010), 288 p. Order: Nauchnaya kniga	Stepanova E.A., [The Role of Illicit Drug Business in the Political Economy of Conflicts and Terrorism] (Moscow: Ves Mir, 2005), 312 p. Distributed by: East-West Press	Stepanova E.A., [Civil-Military Relations in Operations Other Than War] (Moscow: Human Rights Publ., 2001), 272 p.	[Kosovo: International Aspects of the Crisis], co-ed. by E. Stepanova (Carnegie Moscow Center, 1999), 309 p.

Editorial boards


Terrorism and Political Violence Routledge journal (Taylor & Francis group); edited at Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), St Andrews Univesity, UK SSCI journal	International Journal of Conflict and Violence Open-access journal; edited at Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, Germany SSCI journal	Security Index: A Russian Journal on International Security Routledge journal (Taylor & Francis group); the English version is edited by Centre russe d'etudes politiques (CREP), Geneva	Pathways to Peace and Security IMEMO periodical (in Russian); edited by Peace and Conflict Studies Unit Current issue