Russia in the Baltic Sea region: desecuritization or deregionalization?
In: Cooperation and conflict: journal of the Nordic International Studies Association, Band 39, Heft 3, S. 317-332
ISSN: 0010-8367
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In: Cooperation and conflict: journal of the Nordic International Studies Association, Band 39, Heft 3, S. 317-332
ISSN: 0010-8367
World Affairs Online
In: Cooperation and conflict: journal of the Nordic International Studies Association, Band 37, Heft 4, S. 409-429
ISSN: 1460-3691
The ways in which the notion of human rights is interpreted in Russian foreign policy discourse are investigated. It is shown that the discourse is dominated by romantic realism — a methodological position which it is claimed reveals the `real' motives for political action but that develops an explicitly idealistic framework for analysis. Romantic realism regards human rights as an instrument used by the West to hinder the internal consolidation of other societies and to promote Westernization, thus assimilating the diversity of cultures in the world and bringing about entropy. The threat of entropy may also be interpreted as a threat to the identity of Russian society, and the conclusion is that securitization practised by romantic realists is fairly successful. It is reversible, but does have irreversible consequences, and desecuritization can therefore be achieved only by conscious and intelligent effort.
In: Cooperation and conflict: journal of the Nordic International Studies Association, Band 37, Heft 4, S. 409-429
ISSN: 0010-8367
World Affairs Online
In: East European human rights review, Band 8, Heft 2, S. 143-198
ISSN: 1382-7987
This volume examines Russian discourses of regionalism as a source of identity construction practices for the country's political and intellectual establishment. The overall purpose of the monograph is to demonstrate that, contrary to some assumptions, the transition trajectory of post-Soviet Russia has not been towards a liberal democratic nation state that is set to emulate Western political and normative standards. Instead, its foreign policy discourses have been constructing Russia as a supranational community which transcends Russia's current legally established borders. The study undertakes a systematic and comprehensive survey of Russian official (authorities) and semi-official (establishment affiliated think tanks) discourse for a period of seven years between 2007 and 2013. This exercise demonstrates how Russia is being constructed as a supranational entity through its discourses of cultural and economic regionalism. These discourses associate closely with the political project of Eurasian economic integration and the "Russian world" and "Russian civilization" doctrines. Both ideologies, the geoeconomic and culturalist, have gained prominence in the post-Crimean environment. The analysis tracks down how these identitary concepts crystallized in Russia's foreign policies discourses beginning from Vladimir Putin's second term in power
In: Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. International relations, Band 12, Heft 3, S. 340-356
ISSN: 2658-3615
In: Journal of international relations and development, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 689-716
ISSN: 1581-1980
In: International studies review, Band 15, Heft 3, S. 328-350
ISSN: 1468-2486
In: Cooperation and conflict: journal of the Nordic International Studies Association, Band 47, Heft 1, S. 28-48
ISSN: 1460-3691
The view of identities as always situated in a relationship with the Other underlies contemporary constructivist social theory. Taking a step further, and combining constructivist approaches to identity with insights from post-colonial studies, this article argues that the Other, far from being a mere presence, often plays an active role in identity politics. By tracing the historically varying ways in which Turkey and Russia have engaged in European identity construction, it demonstrates that this is an interactive process of negotiation between the European Self and its external Others in which agency of the Other is revealed. In particular, Russia and Turkey exercise agency by challenging, each in its own manner, the EU's power to define the normative meaning of Europe. While Turkey has contributed to a decentring of European identity by challenging the self-perception of Europe as a multicultural space, Russia's uncompromising stance tends to consolidate the EU-centred image of Europe as a political community based on liberal democratic values.
In: Cooperation and conflict: journal of the Nordic International Studies Association, Band 47, Heft 1, S. 28-48
ISSN: 0010-8367
World Affairs Online
In: Global governance: a review of multilateralism and international organizations, Band 17, Heft 3, S. 353-373
ISSN: 1942-6720
In: Global governance: a review of multilateralism and international organizations, Band 17, Heft 3, S. 353-375
ISSN: 2468-0958, 1075-2846
In: Journal of Baltic studies: JBS, Band 34, Heft 4, S. 375-398
ISSN: 1751-7877
In: Journal of Baltic studies: JBS, Band 42, Heft 2, S. 289-309
ISSN: 1751-7877