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Is Russia Fascist?
In Is Russia Fascist?
, Marlene Laruelle argues that the charge of \"fascism\" has
become a strategic narrative of the current world order.
Vladimir Putin's regime has increasingly been accused of embracing
fascism, supposedly evidenced by Russia's annexation of Crimea, its
historical revisionism, attacks on liberal democratic values, and
its support for far-right movements in Europe. But at the same time
Russia has branded itself as the world's preeminent antifascist
power because of its sacrifices during the Second World War while
it has also emphasized how opponents to the Soviet Union in Central
and Eastern Europe collaborated with Nazi Germany.
Laruelle closely analyzes accusations of fascism toward Russia,
soberly assessing both their origins and their accuracy. By
labeling ideological opponents as fascist, regardless of their
actual values or actions, geopolitical rivals are able to frame
their own vision of the world and claim the moral high ground.
Through a detailed examination of the Russian domestic scene and
the Kremlin's foreign policy rationales, Laruelle disentangles the
foundation for, meaning, and validity of accusations of fascism in
and around Russia. Is Russia Fascist? shows that the
efforts to label opponents as fascist is ultimately an attempt to
determine the role of Russia in Europe's future.
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The russian project of eurasian integration
Modern trends in geopolitics have raised serious questions about the future global and regional architecture of the world system.In the case of the Eurasian Economic Union, these questions bring up important issues for debate: What is the Eurasian Economic Union?What theoretical concepts could be applied for modern Eurasian integration?.
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Russia's European Agenda and the Baltic States
Russian foreign policy has become an increasing concern in 21 st century, together with Russia’s relations with its former Soviet neighbours - but its relations with the Baltic States are particularly sensitive, given the Baltic membership of NATO and the EU and Russia’s increasingly fractious relations with those institutions. This book discusses the development of Russia’s approach to the new security architecture in Europe and assesses the prospects for a more active engagement of Russia in the Baltic Sea region and Europe as a whole. The book considers the full range of issues affecting security, including energy, economic relations; the special position of Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave; and Russia’s special interest in the Russian minorities in the former Soviet Baltic states. The evolution of Russian-Baltic relations from 1990-2008 is set in the more general context of Russia’s European agenda, looking into the role and place of the Baltic States in this agenda. It provides a comparative analysis of the European agenda in of Russia’s foreign policy under Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, and concludes that, despite the replacement of the former Cold War stand-off with a more positive climate and a complicated array of bilateral and multilateral contacts much more still needs to be done to engage Russia fully with the new Europe
1. Introduction 2. Russia’s Foreign Policy under Yeltsin: Domestic and International Context 3. Evolution of Russia’s Foreign Policy under Putin and Medvedev (2000-2008) 4. Russia and Europe 5. The Russian Factor in Baltic Security 6. Lithuania’s Relations with Russia: A Case Study 7. Russo-Baltic Relations: Summary and Perspectives
Janina Šleivyte is Senior Advisor to the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence. She was formerly a member of the Defence Policy and Planning Division of the NATO International Staff.
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The Geopolitics of Culture
Through the lens of James Billington and the institution
he led as Librarian of Congress during a key period of US-Russian
relations, The Geopolitics of
Culture examines culture as a neglected area
of US foreign policy. Billington advised presidents and
members of Congress and mobilized the resources of the Library of
Congress to promote reform in Russia. He believed that rather than
preaching to the Russians, the United States should expose the
rising generation of Russian leaders to what was best in America
and encourage them to rediscover positive elements in pre-Bolshevik
Russian culture.
The Geopolitics of Culture is the first book to
chronicle Billington's influence on US engagement with Russia as it
transitioned from communism to democracy under Gorbachev and
Yeltsin and back to authoritarianism under Yeltsin and Putin.
Drawing on published and archival sources (including recently
released papers) and interviews with current and retired Library of
Congress staff members, John Van Oudenaren casts new light on this
era.
Billington's efforts led to a remarkable degree of cooperation
between the Library of Congress and Russian cultural and political
institutions. Yet these efforts ultimately failed as Putin turned
back toward authoritarianism. The experience of the Library of
Congress during this period nonetheless holds important lessons for
today. Billington believed that a transition to democracy in Russia
was essential if the United States was to head off the geopolitical
nightmare of a Eurasia dominated by an alliance of hostile
authoritarian powers. The \"geopolitics of culture\" thus remains a
challenge for US foreign policy.
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Eurasia's Ascent in Energy and Geopolitics
The Sino-Russian relationship has experienced several permutations in recent decades as both states have undergone radical domestic changes, including the end of Soviet communism and the abandonment of Maoism. This volume brings together scholars to address the current status of Sino-Russian relations in the political, military, energy and trade sectors.
In this comprehensive new volume, authors offer a detailed account on the both the historical context and current status of relations between Russia and China and the geo-political realignments in Eurasia. This analysis of the evolving relationship addresses global strategy, energy politics, national security, human security, and Central Asian links. Individual chapters examine key issues such as China's economic ascendancy, military relations, the geostrategic position of Mongolia, Japan's views and historical background. With authors representing a broad range of current active experts and researchers working in Europe, the US, Central Asia, China and Japan, this book offers a long-term and in-depth analysis of the relations and potential developments in both bilateral and international relations.
This work will be of great interest to scholars of international relations, Asian security, and the Eurasian region.
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The Middle East's Relations with Asia and Russia
Carter and Ehteshami consider the significant geopolitical, economic and security links between the Middle East and the wider Asian world - links which are often overlooked when the Middle East is considered in isolation or in terms of its relations with the West, but which are of growing importance. Topics covered include Asia's overall geostrategic realities and the Middle East's place within them; relations between the Middle East and China, Russia, central Asia, southeast Asia and south Asia; Islam in central Asia and southeast Asia and the connections with the Middle East; and the important links between the Middle East and India and Pakistan's military and security establishments.
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The New Continentalism
In this groundbreaking book Kent E. Calder argues that a new transnational configuration is emerging in Asia, driven by economic growth, rising energy demand, and the erosion of longstanding geopolitical divisions. What Calder calls the New Silk Road-with a strengthening multi-faceted relationship between East Asia and the Middle East at its core-could eventually emerge as one of the world's most important multilateral configurations. Straddling the border between comparative politics and international relations theory, this important book will stimulate debate and discussion in both fields.
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National Perspectives on Russia
This book presents a ground-breaking comparative study of the bilateral relations of all 27 EU member states with Russia and an assessment of their impact on the EU's efforts to conduct a coherent and effective policy towards its most important neighbour.
While there has been a lot of research on European foreign policy, there has been much less on the role that national foreign policies play in it. Based on a common analytical framework, this book offers a detailed analysis of 'national perspectives on Russia' and how they interact with and affect policymaking at the EU-level. The authors provide deep insights into the relationship between individual states and Russia looking at a range of policy areas: economics, trade, energy, security, culture and education. They are not only interested in examining policy failure but also probing the possibilities of seeing national foreign policies and the bilateralism with third parties that they often entail as a potentially positive resource for the European Union.
As Russia is an example of a particularly hard case for EU foreign policy, this book yields important insights concerning the possibilities as well as limits of developing a common EU policy in the future. It will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, EU Studies, Russian politics, foreign policy studies and international politics.
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