Elena Nikolaevna Shadrina

 

Elena N. Shadrina was born in Lesnaya, a tiny village situated on the northwest coastline of the Kamchatka Peninsula, on May 19, 1973. She lived in Kamchatka until she entered university in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk. She graduated from the Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law with a diploma in Economics in 1995. In 1999, she defended her postgraduate thesis on the theme of Russia’s foreign economic policy transformation in the post-Soviet period.

Since 1995, she has subsequently worked as lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor, and vice-dean of Science and International Academic Cooperation Affairs at the International Economic Relations Faculty in Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law.

In 2001, she came to Japan under the Obuchi Fellowship Program. During her stay, she was mainly focusing her studies on aspects of Russian-Japanese bilateral trade. Having finished the program, she returned to Khabarovsk, worked there for one year, and the returned to Japan again, this time as a fellow of the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA). She examined the topic of energy cooperation in Northeast Asia through an assessment of the overall environment for multilateral energy cooperation between the states concerned. In particular, she analyzed the conditions and priorities of the various national energy strategies, and suggested avenues to further intra-regional energy cooperation. After completion of her Tokyo-based program, she returned to Russia once again, and continued to perform her duties at the Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law.

In 2005, she came to Japan a third time to pursue her doctoral studies at Niigata University, with which she remains affiliated at the present time. She continues to probe into the field of multilateral energy cooperation, considering it the most promising way to develop links within Northeast Asia.

Thus being involved in energy issues, she naturally gravitated toward the realms of West Asian and Central Asian studies as well. For this reason, she joined the Shingetsu Institute for the Study of Japanese-Islamic Relations in April 2006. She has also been a member of the Association for Japan Sea Rim Studies since October 2005.

Currently, Ms. Shadrina lives in Niigata and devotes herself to her studies and to her part-time job at the Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA). As she will complete her doctoral course in March 2009, she is thinking seriously about where her experience and knowledge can best be applied, and therefore she is open to suggestions about academic cooperation.


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Main Publications

Elena Shadrina is a prolific author with dozens of articles and papers to her credit. The following is a list of her main publications, updated through the end of 2008. They are listed chronologically, from oldest to most recent.

Books

Elena Shadrina and V. A. Lysenko, The Principles of Foreign Economic Activity, Khael, Khabarovsk, 2000 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, A. V. Kochemasova and V. A. Lysenko, Entering the Overseas Market: The Principles of International Business, Khael, Khabarovsk, 2001 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, Russian-Japanese Foreign Trade: Prospects for Development, Khael, Khabarovsk, 2003 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, Russian-Japanese Trade: Current State and Perspective, Far East University Press, Vladivostok, 2003 (in Russian).

Articles

Elena Shadrina, “Foreign Trade as a Factor in the Khabarovsky Krai Economic Development,” Proceedings of the Regional Scientific Symposium: “Russia on the Eve of the 21st Century,” Khabarovsk, April 14-15, 1999 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, “The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Foreign Trade,” Proceedings of the Scientific-Practical Conference: “The Economic Policy of the Russian Far East,” Khabarovsk, November 5, 1999 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, “Russian Foreign Trade Policy after August 17,” Collected Scientific Articles: “The Problems of the Transitive Economy: Theory and Practice,” Khabarovsk, 1999 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, “The Mechanism of Foreign Trade Regulation in Khabarovsky Krai: Directions for Improvement,” Collected Articles of Students and Teachers: “Socio-Economic Problems in the Russian Far East and Perspectives on Their Solution,” Khabarovsk, 2000 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, “Foreign Trade as a Means of Closer Economic Integration between the Russian Far East and the Pacific Rim Countries,” Proceedings of the International Conference: “Russian Far East Integration in International Economic Relations,” Khabarovsk, May 16, 2000 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, “The Exports of Khabarovsky Krai: The Causes of the Depression and Directions for Development,” Proceedings of the International Conference: “The Regional Economy and Cross-Cultural Contacts in the Far East,” Blagoveshchensk, May 2000 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, “The Foreign Economic Potential of Khabarovsky Krai,” Proceedings of the International Conference: “Economic and Legislative Problems of Far East Development,” Khabarovsk, 2001 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, “Russian Far Eastern Exporters’ Participation in the World Fish and Sea Products Market,” Proceedings of the International Conference: “Economic Policy in the Russian Far East,” Khabarovsk, 2001 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, “The Mechanism of Foreign Trade Regulation -- Khabarovsky Krai as a Subject,” Collected Scientific Articles: “Interregional and Regional Policy under Market Conditions,” Khabarovsk, 2001 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, “Potential for Russian-Japanese Trade Development,” Report: Japanese-Russian Center of Youth Exchange, Tokyo, 2002.

Elena Shadrina, “The Hurdles for Russian Exports to Japan,” Proceedings of the International Conference: “Asia-Pacific Regional Projects in the 21st Century,” Vladivostok, 2002 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, “The Role of the Far East in Russo-Japanese Trade,” Proceedings of the International Conference: “The Postindustrial Economy: Regional Aspects,” Khabarovsk, 2002 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, “Russia’s Trade and Economic Cooperation with Northeast Asian Countries,” Proceedings of the International Conference: “The Dynamics of the Russian Economic System,” Khabarovsk, 2002 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, “Japanese Corporations’ Investments in China,” Entrepreneur’s Herald, February 2003 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, “The Current State and Prospects for Russian-Japanese Trade,” Annual Report of Economics, Niigata University, No. 27, February 2003.

Elena Shadrina, “Restraining Factors Affecting Russian-Japanese Trade and Economic Cooperation,” Economics and Law Herald, Khabarovsk State Academy, Khael, May 2003 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, “Russia’s Cooperation with Northeast Asian Countries,” Collected Scientific Articles: “Siberian and Far Eastern Integration with the World Economy: Theory and Practice,” Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law and Baikal University of Economics and Law, Irkutsk, 2003 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina, “Energy Cooperation in Northeast Asia,” JIIA Fellowship Occasional Papers, No. 27, The Japan Institute of International Affairs, Tokyo, 2004.

Elena Shadrina, “The Problems and Economic Outcome Associated with the Construction of the Trans-Siberian Pipeline (from the Russian Far East’s Standpoint),” Economics and Law Herald, Nos. 1 & 3, Khabarovsk State Academy, Khael, 2004 (in Russian).

Elena Shadrina and Ahmed Mufta Ruhuma Naili, “Japan’s Oil Policy: A Changing Stance?,” Economics and Law Herald, No. 2, Khabarovsk State Academy, Khael, 2004.

Elena Shadrina, “Is the Pacific Oil Pipeline to Breathe New Life into the Far Eastern economy?,” Gaimusho Itaku Kenkyu Hokokusho, The Japan Institute of International Affairs, Tokyo, March 2004.

Elena Shadrina, “Energy Cooperation in Northeast Asia as an Impetus for Intraregional Integration,” Journal of Economics, No. 78, Niigata University, March 2005.

Elena Shadrina, “Prospects for Russian-Japanese Economic Relations,” Report: Sasakawa Peace Foundation, July 2005.

Elena Shadrina, “Regionalization and Regionalism featuring Northeast Asia,” Gendai Shakai Bunka Kenkyu, No. 37, Niigata University, December 2006.

Elena Shadrina, “Regionalism and Energy Cooperation: An Attempt to Look at Northeast Asia through a Comparative Prism,” Gendai Shakai Bunka Kenkyu, No. 39, Niigata University, July 2007.

Elena Shadrina, “Energy Cooperation in Northeast Asia: An Insight into Frameworks and Dimensions, Journal of Northeast Asian Studies, Vol. 14, 2008.

Elena Shadrina, “Energy Policy as a Factor of Regional Cooperation in Northeast Asia,” Gendai Shakai Bunka Kenkyu, No. 42, Niigata University, 2008.