- Diaspora and international relations: The case of the 'Russian diaspora' in the post-Soviet space, with particular reference to the Ukrainian context. Conceptualization, diversification and theorization of ethnic and Russian-speaking communities in the post-Soviet era.
- Nation-building and state-society relations: Analysis of nation-building processes in the post-Soviet space, with particular reference to the Ukrainian and Russian cases. Study of intellectual and political relations in the internal debates of the two countries.
- Foreign policy of the Russian Federation in the post-Soviet space: conceptualization and periodization of Russian policies towards the so-called "Near Abroad" between the end of the 1990s and the first decades of the 2000s.
- Relations between Russia and the European Union in the post-Cold War era: conceptualization and periodization of the dynamics of the EU-led European integration process in the Eastern neighborhood vis-a-vis the evolution of the Russian-led Eurasian integration.
- Migrations and territorial conflicts in the post-Cold War era: analysis of case studies pertaining to the major dynamics and crises in the Balkan and post-Soviet areas.
