The aim of the project was to analyze the feedback between the innovative potential of the Russian economy and the foreign policy of the Russian Federation. The project was intended to answer the question whether innovative potential determines Russia’s foreign policy and in what aspect, or whether certain innovative sectors of the Russian economy serve the goals of this country’s foreign policy. The project was also intended to answer questions about possible directions of development of Russia’s relations with key international partners. By combining quantitative and qualitative methods, the authors tried to critically assess the goals of Russia’s international policy and the possibilities of their implementation. The authors referred to the theory of International Political Economy, international relations and foreign policy analysis. The innovativeness of the project consisted in combining a variety of research methods and techniques and factors shaping the state’s foreign policy, in particular rarely analyzed economic factors and innovation.

Publications presenting research results:

• Rafał Lisiakiewicz, 2021, China as a Strategic Economic Partner in the Concepts of Russian Foreign Policy in the 2020s, “Nowa Polityka Wschodnia”, 1(28), pp. 43-65. · Болcastic Ценcast International Relations, 66(6) (2022), pp. 79-90.
• Karolina Kotulewicz-Wisińska, 2021, The course of economic cooperation between Poland and the Eastern Partnership countries after 1992, “Nowa Polityka Wschodnia”, 2(29), pp. 83-110.
• Damian Strycharz, 2022, Role theory and Russia’s attempts to integrate the post-Soviet space: from internal to international duties, “Nowa Polityka Wschodnia”, 4.

Team members: dr Karolina Kotulewicz-Wisińska (Assistant Professor), dr Damian Strycharz (Assistant Professor)