Individual monographs

• Stepanova, Ekaterina, Terrorism in Asymmetrical Conflict: Ideological and Structural Aspects, SIPRI Research Report no. 23 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), 200 p.
• See also in Espanol: Stepanova E., Terrorismo en el conflicto asimétrico: aspectos ideológicos y estructurales, En Torno a la Asimetría, Cuadernos de Actualidad en Defensa y Estrategia, no. 2. (Buenos Aires: Ministeria de Defensa, 2009), 178 p.
• Stepanova E., Terrorizm v asimmetrichnom konflikte: ideologicheskiye i strukturnyie aspekty, Institute of World Economy & International Relations; rev. and expand. ed. (Moscow: Nauchnaya kniga, 2010), 288 p., in Russian.
• Stepanova E.A., [The Role of Illicit Drug Business in the Political Economy of Conflicts and Terrorism]  (Moscow: Ves Mir, 2005), 312 p., in Russian.
• Stepanova E., Anti-Terrorism and Peace-Building During and After Conflict (Stockholm: SIPRI, 2003), 56 p.
• Reprinted in: Evangelista M. (ed.), Peace Studies: Critical Concepts in Political Science (London: Routledge, 2005), Vol. III, pp. 338–389.
• Stepanova E.A., [Civil-Military Relations in Operations Other Than War] (Moscow: Human Rights Publ., 2001), 272 p., in Russian.

Editor (and co-author), collective monographs:

• Stepanova E. (ed.), Humanitarian Challenges, Humanitarian Support and Human Protection in Armed Conflicts (Moscow: IMEMO, 2018), 331 p., in English and Russian.
• Stepanova E. (ed.), Addressing Terrorism, Violent Extremism and Radicalization: Perspectives from Russia and the United States (Moscow: IMEMO, 2017), 262 p., in English and Russian.
• Stepanova E. (co-ed.), Terrorism: Patterns of Internationalization (New Delhi; London; Los Angeles; Singapore: Sage, 2009), 266 p., in English.
• Stepanova E. (co-ed.), [Kosovo: International Aspects of the Crisis] (Moscow: Carnegie Moscow Center, 1999), 309 p., in Russian.

Book chapters  (in English, unless otherwise noted)

• Stepanova E., “Russia: Response to terrorism in the twenty-first century,” in Michael Boyle (ed.),
• Non-Western Responses to Terrorism, New Directions in Terrorism Studies series (Manchester University Press, January 2019).
• Stepanova E. (co-author), “Violence, wars, peace, and security,” in Rethinking Society for the 21st Century, Vol. 2: Political Regulation, Governance and Societal Transformations (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018), pp. 411–456.
• Stepanova E., “Russia’s approach to the conflict in Libya, the East-West dimension and the role of the OSCE,” in Andrea Dessi and Ettore Greco (eds.), The Search for Stability in Libya: OSCE’s Role between Internal Obstacles and External Challenges (Rome: Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) / Nuova Cultura, 2018), p. 89–111.
• Stepanova E., “Russia’s Policy on Afghanistan,” in Marlene Laruelle (ed.), The Central Asia – Afghanistan Relationship: From Soviet Intervention to the Silk Road Initiatives (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books / Rowman & Littlefield, 2017), p. 89–114.
• Stepanova E., Cragin K., “Terrorism and countering violent extremism,” in Andrei Kortunov and Olga Oliker (eds.), A Roadmap for the U.S.-Russia Relations. A Report of the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program and Russian International Affairs Council (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2017), p. 73–81.
• Stepanova E., “Russia”, in The Oxford Handbook of the Responsibility to Protect, ed. by Alex Bellamy and Tim Dunne (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), pp. 409–428.
• Stepanova E., “Transnational Islamist terrorism: network fragmentation and bottom-up regionalization,” in Global Terrorism Index 2014: Measuring and Understanding the Impact of Terrorism (Sydney, New York, London: Institute of Economics & Peace, 2014), pp. 74–78.
• Stepanova E., “Terrorism and antiterrorism,” in M.Kaldor and I.Rangelov (eds.), The Handbook of Global Security Policy (London: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014), pp. 126–144.
• Stepanova E., “Lone wolves and network agents in leaderless jihad: the case of the Boston Marathon bombing cell”, in K.Rekawek and M.Milosevic (eds.), Perseverance of Terrorism: Focus on Leaders (Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2014), pp. 50–63.
• Stepanova E., “The evolution of the al-Qaeda-type terrorism: networks and beyond,” in L.Bossi, C.Demetriou and S.Malthaner (eds), Dynamics of Political Violence: A Process-Oriented Perspective on Radicalization and the Escalation of Political Conflict (Farnham, VA: Ashgate, 2014), pp. 288–305.
• Stepanova E. “La politica de Rusia en Oriente Medio ante la “primavera arabe”,” en Javier Morales (comp.), Rusia en la sociedad internacional (Madrid: Unidad de Investigación sobre Seguridad y Cooperación Internacional (UNISCI), 2012), pp. 171–203, in Spanish.
• Stepanova E. “Future trends in violent threats to security,” in Global Strategic Developments: A Futuristic Vision (Abu Dhabi: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), 2012), pp. 167–193; also in Arabic.
• Stepanova E. Hostage-Taking and Barricade as a Terrorist Tactic, in Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium (TRAC) (chapter in electronic encyclopedia), Beacham Publishing Corp., 2012, <http://www.trackingterrorism.org>
• Stepanova Е. “Transnational threats: terrorism, drug trafficking, piracy,” in A.Dynkin and N.Ivanova (eds), Russia in a Polycentric World (Moscow: Ves’ Mir, 2012), pp. 143–150; also available in Russian.
• Stepanova E. “Beyond ‘narcoterrorism’: illicit drug business and terrorist tactics in armed conflicts”, in The Politics of Narcotic Drugs: A Survey (London: Routledge, 2010), pp. 122–132.
• Stepanova E., “Armed conflict, crime and criminal violence,” in SIPRI Yearbook 2010: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. 37–60.
• Stepanova E. “Illicit drug business and armed conflicts: the scope and limits of the links,” in J.G.Tokatlian (ed.)., Drugs and Prohibition: An Old War, a New Debate (Buenos Aires: Zorzal, 2010), pp. 287–314;
• See also in Spanish: Stepanova E., “El negocio de las drogas ilicitas y los conflictos armados: alcance y límites de sus vinculos,” J.Tokatlian (comp.), Drogas y prohibicion: Una vieja guerra, un nuevo debate (Buenos Aires: Libros de Zorzal, 2010), pp. 313–344.
• Stepanova E., “Islamist terrorism in the Caucasus and Central Asia,” in Alex Schmid and Garry Hindle (eds.), After the War on Terror: Regional and Multilateral Perspectives on Counterterrorism Strategy (London: RUSI Books, 2009), pp. 104–124.
• Stepanova E., “Terrorism and political extremism,” in Graeme Herd (ed.), Great Powers and Strategic Stability in the 21^st Century: Competing Visions of World Order (London: Routledge, 2010), pp. 23–44.
• Stepanova E., “One-sided violence against civilians in armed conflicts,” SIPRI Yearbook 2009: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 39–68;
• Stepanova E. “Massive conventional terrorist attack as a threat to critical infrastructure security,” in Nayef al-Rodhan (ed.), Potential Global Strategic Catastrophes (Berlin, Wien, London, Zurich etc.: LIT Verlag, 2009), pp. 253–269.
• Stepanova E., “New trends and challenges in modern armed conflicts,” in Sungho Kang, John W. McDonald and Chinsoo Bae (eds.), Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding: The Role of NGOs in Historical Reconciliation and Territorial Issues (Seoul: Northeast Asian History Foundation, 2009), pp. 25–46.
• Stepanova E., “Islamist terrorism as a threat to Europe: the scope and limits of the challenge”, in D.Ulusoy (ed.), Political Violence, Organised Crime, Terrorism and Youth, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series: Human and Societal Dynamics, Vol. 46 (Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2008), pp. 141–158.
• Stepanova E., “Un patron para el estudio de los conflictos armadas,” en Una Mirada al Mundo del Siglo XXI (Madrid: Ministeria de Defensa, 2008), pp. 35– 45, in Spanish.
• Stepanova E., “Trends in armed conflicts,” in SIPRI Yearbook 2008: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), pp. 44–71.
• Stepanova E., “At-tatarruf ad-dinij wa al-kawmiyya ar-radikaliyya aidiologijatan lil’unf al-musallyah al-lemutanazir” [Religious extremism and radical nationalism as ideologies of asymmetrical armed violence], in Al-hewar al-kawmij – al-islami [The dialogue between nationalism and Islam], (Beirut: Centre for Arab Unity Studies, 2008), pp. 679–689, in Arabic.
• Pikayev A. and Stepanova Ye., “Nonproliferation and nuclear terrorism,” in Alexei Arbatov and Vladimir Dvorkin (eds), Nuclear Weapons After the Cold War (Moscow: Carnegie Moscow Centre; R.Elinin Publishing House, 2008), pp. 271–306.
• Stepanova E., “Cultures of solidarity and national interest: Russia’s conflict management policies,” in Jean-Marc Coicaud and Nicholas J. Wheeler (eds.), National Interest and International Solidarity: Particular and Universal Ethics in International Life (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2008), pp. 87–119.
• Stepanova E., “Iraq and world order: a Russian perspective,” in Ramesh Thakur and Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu (eds.), The Iraq Crisis and World Order: Structural, Institutional and Normative Challenges (Tokyo: UNU Press, November 2006), pp. 249–264.
• Stepanova E., “Terrorism as a tactics of spoilers in peace processes,” in Edward Newmann and Oliver Richards (eds.), Challenges to Peacebuilding: Managing Spoilers During Conflict Resolution (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2006), pp. 78–104.
• Stepanova E., “Legal and practical aspects of the antiterrorism campaign,” in SIPRI Yearbook 2005: IMEMO Contribution (Moscow: Nauka, 2006), pp. 36–59.
• Stepanova E., “The use of Russia’s security forces in post-conflict environment,” in Albrecht Schnabel and Hans-Georg Ehrhart (eds.), Security Sector Reform and Post-Conflict Peace-Building (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2006), pp. 133-155.
• Stepanova E., “Russia’s approach to the fight against terrorism,” in J.Hedenskog, V.Konnander et al.  (eds.), Russia as a Great Power: Dimensions of Security under Putin (London: Routledge-Curzon, 2005), pp. 301–322.
• Stepanova E., “International peace-building and radical Islamic organizations in war-torn areas: beyond terrorism,” in The Failure of Political Islam, Human Rights Conflict Prevention Centre Research Papers [Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegovina], vol. IV, no. 3–4 (2004), pp. 507–527.
• Stepanova E., “Linking anti-terrorism and peace operations: specifics and constraints,” in Peace Support Operations, Parliaments and Legislation (Moscow, Geneva: Geneva Centre for the Democractic Control of the Armed Forces; Centre for Political and International Studies, 2004), pp. 134–141.
• Stepanova E., “The OSCE and the US-Russian Cooperation in the Fight against Terrorism,” in OSCE Yearbook 2002, Institute for Peace Research & Security Policy, Hamburg Univ. (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2003), pp. 59–72;
• see also in German: “Die OSZE und die amerikanisch-russische Zusammenarbeit im Kampf gegen den Terrorismus,” in OSZE – Jahrbuch 2002 (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2002), pp. 63–76.
• Stepanova E., “Russia and international cooperation in the fight against terrorism,” in SIPRI Yearbook 2002: IMEMO Contribution (Moscow: Nauka, 2003), pp. 32–46.
• Stepanova E., “The unilateral and multilateral use of force by the United States,” in David M. Malone and Yuen-Foong Khong (eds.), Unilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy: International Perspectives (Boulder, Col.: Lynne Rienner, 2003), pp. 181–200.
• Stepanova E., “Russia and the combat against terrorism in local and regional conflicts,” Russia: Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security: IMEMO Contribution to the Russian Edition of SIPRI Yearbook 2001 (Moscow: IMEMO, 2002), pp. 42–58.
• Stepanova E., “Russia’s policy on the Kosovo crisis: the limits of ‘cooperative peacemaking’,” in Kurt R. Spillman & Joachim Krause (eds.), Kosovo: Lessons Learned for International Cooperative Security (Bern, Berlin: Peter Lang Publ., 2000), pp. 205–230;
• see also in German: “Russlands Politik in der Kosovo-Krise: Die Grenzen der ‘Partnerschaft fur den Frieden’,” in Joachim Krause (ed.), Kosovo: Humanitare Intervention und kooperative Sicherheit in Europa (Berlin: Leske+Budrich, 2000), pp.147–166.

Research reports

• Stepanova E., Russia’s Afghan Policy in the Regional and Russia-West Contexts, Russie.NEI.Reports, no. 23 (Paris: Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri), 2018), 48 p.
• Stepanova E., Russia’s Concerns Relating to Afghanistan and the Broader Region in the Context of the US/NATO Withdrawal, Policy Research Paper Series “Sources of Tension in Afghanistan and Pakistan – Regional Perspectives” (Barcelona: CIDOB, 2013), 23 p.
• Stepanova E., Afghanistan after 2014: The Way Forward for Russia, Russie.NEI.Visions, no. 71, May 2013 (Paris: Ifri, 2013), 19 p.
• See also in French: Stepanova E., L’Afghanistan après 2014: quel impact pour la Russie? Russie.NEI.Visions, no. 71 (Paris: Ifri, 2013), 22 p.
• Stepanova E. (principal author), Afghan Narcotrafficking: A Joint Threat Assessment, Report by Joint U.S.-Russia Working Group on the Afghan Narcotrafficking (New York etc.: EastWest Institute, 2013), 60 p.

Articles in academic journals (in English, unless otherwise noted)

• Stepanova E., “Russian and conflicts in the Middle East: regionalization and implications for the West,” in The International Spectator, vol. 53, no. 4 (2018), DOI: 10.1080/03932729.2018.1507135
• Stepanova E., “Regionalization of violent jihadism and beyond: the case of Daesh”, in Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society, no. 3: Religious Fundamentalism (June 2016), p. 30–55.
• Stepanova E., Russia in the Middle East: Back to a “Grand Strategy” – or Enforcing Multilateralism? Politique étrangère, no. 2 ( Summer 2016), p. 23-35.
• See also in French:  Stepanova E., “La Russie a-t-elle une “grande stratégie” au Moyen Orient?,” Politique étrangère, no. 2 (Été 2016), p. 23-35, in French.
• Stepanova E., Les Russes et l’État islamique: politique étrangère et facteurs internes, in Outre-Terre: Revue européenne de géopolitique, no. 44 (3), (2015) [Daech: Menace sur les civilisations], pp. 80-94, in French.
• Stepanova E. “Illicit drugs and insurgency in Afghanistan,” in Perspectives on Terrorism, vol. VI, no. 2 (May 2012), pp. 4–18.
• Stepanova E. “Asymmetrical conflict as a non-mathematical category” (book review), in Security Index [International Edition / London: Routledge], no. 2(95), (Spring 2011), pp. 85–90.
• Stepanova E., “Terror and consent: the wars for the twenty-first century” (book review), in International Affairs, vol. 85, no. 4 (July 2009), pp. 849–850.
• Stepanova E., “Islamist terrorism today: global and regional levels,” in Security Index, vol. 13, no. 1 (81) (Spring 2007), pp. 79–94.
• Stepanova E., “War and peace building,” The Washington Quarterly (Special Issue: “What Did 9/11 Change?”), vol. 27, no. 4 (Autumn 2004), pp. 127–136.
• Stepanova E., “Military operations other than war: the U.S. view,” in Military Thought, vol. 11, no. 2 (March-April 2002), pp. 127–133.
• Stepanova E., “U.S.-Russia cooperation in Afghanistan and its implications,” East European Constitutional Review (New York University Law School & Central European University Quarterly), vol. 10, no. 10 (Autumn 2001), pp. 92–95.
• Stepanova E., “Kosovo and Chechnya: illogical parallels,” Security Dialogue [Oslo: PRIO], vol. 31, no. 1 (March 2000), pp. 507–509.

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