Influence of Russian activities : : Middle-East Europe, the Visegrad Group Countries and Ukraine / / edited by Marcin Górnikiewicz, and Radosław Bielawski.

• TeilnehmendeR: Górnikiewicz, Marcin,; Bielawski, Radosław,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, Germany : : V & Unipress,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (503 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Body -- Foreword -- Part I: Poland -- Section I: Polands geopolitical and geostrategic position in the regional Kremlin's game in Europe -- Patrycja Wróbel-Bryczek: Chapter 1: The geopolitical situation of Poland in relation to the foreign policy of the Russian Federation -- References -- Tadeusz Szczurek: Chapter 2: Geostrategic situation of Poland in relation to the foreign policy of the Russian Federation -- References -- Wawrzyniec Kowalski: Chapter 3: Summary and conclusions: Geopolitical and geostrategic positioning of Poland in relation to the foreign policy of the Russian Federation in the third decade of the 21st century -- References -- Section II: Kremlin's "hard power" and "soft power" towards Poland in the first and second decades of the 21st century -- Marian Cieślarczyk: Chapter 4: The Kremlin's tough influence on the Polish decision-making process -- References -- Marian Cieślarczyk: Chapter 5: Russian "soft power" methodology in influencing the Polish decision-making process -- References -- Marcin Górnikiewicz / Tadeusz Szczurek / Marzena Walkowiak: Chapter 6: Summary and conclusions: The perspective of soft and hard impact on the Polish decision-making process in the third decade of the 21st century -- Section III: The scope of Moscows informative impact on the Polish decision-making process -- Katarzyna Świerszcz: Chapter 7: Qualitative measurement of the level of operability of Russia's policy towards Poland -- References -- Katarzyna Świerszcz: Chapter 8: Qualitative methods of measuring the effectiveness of Russian influence in Poland in the area of disinformation -- References -- Katarzyna Świerszcz: Chapter 9: Summary and conclusions: Forecast for the development of the methodology of the Kremlin's information impact on the situation in Poland -- References.

Section IV: Modeling the Russian impact on Polish foreign and internal policy -- Piotr Zaskórski: Chapter 10: Modeling the processes of assessing Russia's influence on Poland -- References -- Marcin Górnikiewicz: Chapter 11: Quantitative and qualitative cultural foresight of the Russian decision-making process in relation to Poland -- References -- Marcin Górnikiewicz / Tadeusz Szczurek / Marzena Walkowiak: Chapter 12: Summary and conclusions: Foresight of the Russian influence on Poland in the era of political and economic changes in the third decade of the 21st century -- Part II: The Czech Republic (Czechia) -- Section I: The Czech Republic in the geopolitical and geostrategic vision of Moscow in Europe -- Andrzej Jacuch: Chapter 13: The geopolitical situation of the Czech Republic from the Russian perspective -- Andrzej Jacuch: Chapter 14: The geostrategic position of the Czech Republic and Moscow's disinformation activity -- References -- Marcin Górnikiewicz / Andrzej Jacuch: Chapter 15: Summary and conclusions: The geopolitical and geostrategic situation of the Czech Republic viewed by the Kremlin: the current state and perspectives for Prague's foreign policy perceived by decision-makers in Moscow -- Section II: Mechanics of the Russian soft and hard interactions with regard to the Czech Republic -- Justyna Stochaj: Chapter 16: The effectiveness assessment of the Russian "hard power" in the Czech Republic -- References -- Justyna Stochaj: Chapter 17: Russian "soft power" in relation to the national security of the Czech Republic -- References -- Justyna Stochaj: Chapter 18: Summary and conclusions: Prospects for the current state and the development of the Russian influence on the Czech Republic in the 21st century -- References -- Section III: Measuring the effectiveness of the Russian impact on the Czech internal and foreign policy.

Marcin Górnikiewicz / Tadeusz Szczurek / Marzena Walkowiak: Chapter 19: The effectiveness measurement of the quantitative methods of Russian influence in the Czech Republic -- References -- Małgorzata Jaroszyńska: Chapter 20: The effectiveness measurement of the qualitative methods of Russian influence in the Czech Republic -- References -- Marcin Górnikiewicz / Małgorzata Jaroszyńska: Chapter 21: Summary and conclusions: The perspective of the development direction of Moscow's foreign policy towards the Czech Republic -- References -- Section IV: Foresight of the influence of the Russian impact on the Russian-Czech relations in the area of regional security -- Paulina Owczarek: Chapter 22: The use of qualitative foresight methods in the assessment of relations between Russia and the Czech Republic -- References -- Paulina Owczarek: Chapter 23: Application of quantitative foresight methods in the assessment of economic relations between the Russian Federation and the Czech Republic -- References -- Paulina Owczarek: Chapter 24: Summary and conclusions: The development foresight of the mutual Czech-Russian relations in the third decade of the 21st century -- References -- Part III: Slovakia -- Section I: Moscow's geopolitics and geostrategy in view of Slovakia in the second and third decade of the 21st century -- Mieczysław Pawlisiak: Chapter 25: Slovakia in the Kremlin's geopolitics in the second decade of the 21st century -- References -- Mieczysław Pawlisiak: Chapter 26: Geostrategic perception of Slovakia in the Kremlin's vision of foreign policy in the second half of the 21st century -- References -- Mieczysław Pawlisiak / Marcin Górnikiewicz: Chapter 27: Summary and conclusions: The Russian view on the geopolitical and geostrategic position of Slovakia in the European balance of power.

Section II: Slovakia in the Russian impact zone: the Kremlin's "hard power" and "soft power" -- Mieczysław Pawlisiak: Chapter 28: The methodology of the Russian "hard power" towards Slovakia -- References -- Mieczysław Pawlisiak: Chapter 29: The methodology of Russia's soft influence on Slovakia -- References -- Mieczysław Pawlisiak / Marcin Górnikiewicz: Chapter 30: Summary and conclusions: The perspective of the Kremlin's hard and soft interactions on the Slovak decision-making process -- Section III: The assessment of the Russian influence potential on the Slovak decision-making process -- Tomasz R. Waśniewski: Chapter 31: The use of quantitative methods in the assessment effectiveness of the Russian influence on Slovakia -- References -- Tomasz R. Waśniewski: Chapter 32: The use of qualitative methods in the assessment effectiveness of the Russian influence on Slovakia -- References -- Tomasz R. Waśniewski / Marcin Górnikiewicz: Chapter 33: Summary and conclusions: The perspective of the development of the Russian influence on the Slovakian internal and external policy -- Section IV: The forecast of the evolution of the Russian-Slovak relations in the context of the Slovak armed forces transformation -- Anna Pęzioł / Anna Borucka: Chapter 34: The assessment of the changes in the armed forces in terms of selected factors -- References -- Anna Borucka / Anna Pęzioł: Chapter 35: Mathematical model for the assessment of national defense expenditure of the Slovak Republic in relation to the Russian Federation -- Defense policy of Slovakia -- Anna Borucka / Anna Pęzioł: Chapter 36: Summary and conclusions: The forecast of potential forms of military and non-military influence of Moscow towards Slovakia -- Part IV: Hungary -- Section I: Geopolitical and geostrategic conditions of Russian activity towards Hungary in the 21st century.

Sławomir Byłeń: Chapter 37: The Russian vision of geopolitical order in Central and Eastern Europe in relation to Hungary -- References -- Sławomir Byłeń: Chapter 38: The geostrategic position of Hungary in the Kremlin's foreign vital influence -- References -- Sławomir Byłeń / Marcin Górnikiewicz / Radosław Bielawski: Chapter 39: Summary and conclusions: Hungary's geopolitical and geostrategic position as a key element of Russian influence in Central and Eastern Europe -- References -- Section II: Russian activity in relation to Hungary: The mechanism of using "hard power" and "soft power" -- Sławomir Byłeń: Chapter 40: Russian "hard power" towards Hungary: The current state of play and its effects -- References -- Sławomir Byłeń: Chapter 41: Russian "soft power" as an example of rapprochement between Moscow and Budapest -- References -- Sławomir Byłeń / Marcin Górnikiewicz / Radosław Bielawski: Chapter 42: Summary and conclusions: The Russian mechanism of influencing the policy of Budapest with the system of "hard power" and "soft power" -- Section III: The Russian potential and the Hungarian potential: interaction and implications for regional safety -- Małgorzata Grzelak: Chapter 43: The effectiveness measurement of the quantitative methods of the Russian impact in Hungary -- References -- Małgorzata Grzelak: Chapter 44: The effectiveness measurement of the qualitative methods of the Russian impact in Hungary -- References -- Małgorzata Grzelak: Chapter 45: Summary and conclusions: Implications resulting from the Russian potential to influence the Hungarian decision-making process -- References -- Section IV: The forecast of the evolution in the Russian-Hungarian interaction in the 3rd decade of the 21st century -- Oliver Balogh / Jerzy Zalewski: Chapter 46: Qualitative methods of Hungary's national strategy forecasting -- References.

Oliver Balogh / Adam Kołodziejczyk: Chapter 47: Quantitative methods of Hungary's internal and external policy forecasting.