Unrecognized States and the Origin of Semi-Presidential System in Eurasia

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K20538
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
• Research Institution: Tsuda University
• Principal Investigator: Matsuzaki Hideya 津田塾大学, 学芸学部, 准教授 (20780133)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 未承認国家 / ユーラシア国際関係 / ウクライナ / モルドヴァ / クリミア / 沿ドニエストル / 半大統領制 / 比較分析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The dissolution of the Soviet Union resulted in secession conflicts and the formation of several unrecognized states. Previous studies have analyzed their internal politics and their impact on Eurasian international relations, but the effect that unrecognized states had on the construction of the international legal parent state system has not been fully clarified.
This study will compare and analyze Ukraine and Moldova, two countries with similar socioeconomic conditions but different institutional designs and will use primary sources to empirically identify the effects of local unrecognized statehood on the different designs of the central semi-presidential system. In this year, I analyzed the internal and foreign policies of Crimea and Ukraine after the Maidan political upheaval. In response to changes in the international situation, the historical background of Ukraine's semi-presidential system was also made available to the public.

Free Research Field

ユーラシア国際関係

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の独自性は、未承認国家と国際法的な親国家の関係を執政制度の観点から明らかにする点である。これまで未承認国家はロシアや地域機構の介入などから考察されてきた。また半大統領制では、中央政治が分析の中心であり、その制度構築に地方の未承認国家化が果たした役割の分析はほぼ見当たらない。本研究の学術的意義は、未承認国家という「地方」の視座から親国家という「中央」の国家建設のあり方を捉える点である。