Eldar SALAKHETDINOV

PhD in History, Research Fellow at the Centre for Sociological and Political Sciences Studies

E-mail: e.salakhetdinov@gmail.com

RSCI Author ID: 843428
SPIN code: 3710-1033
ORCID: 0000-0002-3124-8928
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Research Interests:
• Socio-Political Processes and Socio-Economic Development of Southern African Countries.
• Problems of Security and Conflict Resolution in Southern Africa.

Education:
• PhD in History (07.00.15 – History of International Relations and Foreign Policy), Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2015
• Specialist in Political Science, Russian State Social University, 2011
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Professional Experience:
• Research Fellow, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (2012–present)
• Conducting research, preparing analytical materials, participating in grant-funded projects, and organizing conferences.
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of South Africa (UNISA), Institute for Dispute Resolution in Africa (2018–2020)
• Research, supervision of graduate students, and peer review of academic articles.

Selected Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals and Edited Volumes
• Salakhetdinov, Eldar R. 2023. “Peaceful Atom for Africa? Energy Security and Geopolitics.” In Security of the African Continent in the 21st Century: Hopes and Concerns, 174–190. Moscow: Institute for African Studies, RAS.
• Salakhetdinov, Eldar, and Agyeno Oboshi. 2022. “Achieving Energy Security in Africa: Prospects of Nuclear Energy Development in South Africa and Nigeria.” African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development 14 (1): 22–30.
• Salakhetdinov, Eldar R. 2022. “The Revival of the Khoisan Community in South Africa: Socio-Political Aspects.” Asia and Africa Today, no. 7: 22–30. https://asaf-today.ru/s032150750020978-7-1/. DOI: 10.31857/S032150750020978-7
• Salakhetdinov, Eldar. 2022. “Challenges to the Integration of the Platfontein San in South Africa between 1990 and 2003.” Anthropology Southern Africa 45 (2): 105–119. https://doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2022.2117712
• Salakhetdinov, Eldar, and Vasily Sidorov. 2019. “Rosatom and Nuclear Power in South Africa: Assistance and Resistance.” In BRICS and Resistance in Africa: Contention, Assimilation and Co-Optation, edited by J. van der Merwe, P. Bond, and N. Dodd, 223–239. London: Zed Books.
• Salakhetdinov, Eldar R., and Vasily R. Sidorov. 2018. “Russian Nuclear Projects in South Africa.” Problems of Forecasting, no. 3: 142–151.
• Salakhetdinov, Eldar, and Vasily Sidorov. 2018. “Russian Projects and Energy Cooperation in South Africa.” Studies on Russian Economic Development 29 (3): 336–342.
• Salakhetdinov, Eldar R. 2017. “South Africa as Russia’s Digital Springboard.” Asia and Africa Today, no. 4: 31–37.
• Salakhetdinov, Eldar R. 2015. “Review of L. Wedine’s Ambiguous Domination….” Symbolic Politics: Collected Papers / RAS INION, no. 3: 351–357.
• Salakhetdinov, Eldar R. 2014. “Zimbabwe–China: Risks and Advantages of Cooperation.” Asia and Africa Today, no. 12: 54–60.
• Salakhetdinov, Eldar R. 2014. “Zimbabwe–EU: Problems and Prospects of Cooperation (1980–2014).” Asia and Africa Today, no. 9: 56–61.
• Salakhetdinov, Eldar R. 2013. “Zimbabwe in the International Arena: Past and Present.” Young Scholars Council Yearbook, no. 1: 215–234.
• Salakhetdinov, Eldar R. 2013. “Russia and the Republic of Zimbabwe: Main Areas and Prospects of Cooperation.” Bulletin of the State Registration Chamber of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, no. 5: 37–48.