Research interests
Political Geography, Geoconflictology, Human Geography, Social Anthropology, Geography of Secessionism, Analysis of World Secessionist and Separatist Movements, Analysis of Ungoverned Territories, De Facto States and Failed States, Theory of Nationalism, Analysis of Group Identity.
Selected Publications
Popov F.A. Setsessionizm kak ugroza bezopasnosti [Secessionism as a Security Threat] (in Russian). // Vostochnaya analitika. Yearbook 2011. – Moscow: IOS RAS, 2011. – P.84-93.
Popov F.A. Ot «bezgosudarstvennoy territorii» k «gosudarstvu de-fakto» [From «Ungoverned Territory» to «De Facto State»] (in Russian). // Mezhdunarodnye protsessy. – 2011. – Vol. 9, № 2 (26). – P.16-28.
Popov F.A. Politiko-geographichesky podhod k issledovaniyu setsessionizma [Political Geographical Approach to the Analysis of Secessionism] (in Russian). // Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Series 5, Geography. – 2009. – № 1. – P.45-52.
Popov F.A. Sovremenny setsessionizm v Afrike i Amerike [Modern Secessionism in Africa and America]. // Menyaushayasya geographiya zarubezhnogo mira [Changing Geography of the Foreign World] (in Russian). Ed. by A.S. Fetisov, I.S. Ivanova, I.M. Kuzina. / Voprosy economicheskoy i politicheskoy geographii zarubezhnyh stran, Vol. 17, - Moscow-Smolensk: Oykumena. – 2007. – P.77-97.
Popov F.A. Nepriznannoye gosudarstvo kak forma proyavleniya setsessionistskogo dvizheniya [Unrecognized State as a Form of Appearance of Secessionist Movement] (in Russian). // Teoriya i praktika geographicheskoy konfliktologii. Second research workshop of young geographers Theory and Practice of Geoconflictology proceedings. – Saint Petersburg. – 2007. – P.37-47.
Popov F.A. Sravnitel’ny analiz deystvuyushih zon rasprostraneniya setsessionizma (ZRS) na territorii Afriki i Ameriki [Comparative Analysis of Current Zones of Secessionism Spreading (ZSS) on the Territory of Africa and America] (in Russian). Vestnik molodyh uchenyh Lomonosov. XIII International Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students and Young Scientists Conference Lomonosov best reports digest. – Moscow: Max Press, 2007. – Vol. III. – P.98-103.
Popov F.A. Bilyad-as-Sudan – Strana chernyh [Bilad-as-Sudan – A Blacks’ Country] (in Russian). Geografiya. – 2007. – № 2. – P.17-19.
Popov F.A. Kabinda. Neizvestnoye Kongo [Cabinda. The Unknown Congo] (in Russian). // Geografiya. – 2006. – № 21. – P.29-31.
Popov F.A. Kazamans: po tu storonu Gambii [Casamance: Beyond Gambia] (in Russian). // Geografiya. – 2006. – № 16. – P.5-7.
Pavlyuk S.G., Popova I.A., Popov F.A., Rasskazov S.V, Freydlin S.A. Prostranstvo Tverskoy oblasti v obyektivnyh pokazatelyah, obrazah i travelogah [The Tver Oblast in Statistical Indicators, Images and Travelogues] (in Russian). // Communitas/Soobshestvo. – 2005. – № 2. – P.26-67.
