Ukraine’s Fault Lines: The Quest for Regional Hegemony in the Post-Soviet Space

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-173
Author(s):  
David Alenga
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
Association Agreement ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Regional Order ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Post Soviet Space

This paper presents a critique of the European Union’s flagship Eastern Partnership Initiative (EaP) within the context of its geopolitical ramifications on the political crisis in Ukraine. It particularly highlights the role of the Russian Federation as the principal protagonists and its quest to counter the EU’s normative power within their shared neighborhood. The EaP has among its goals promoting a broad range of political and economic reforms with the partner states with the view to help them deepen liberal democratic values and enhanced security and stability within the framework of an enhanced Association Agreement. The Kremlin believes the EaP undermines Russian interest in the region. This paper therefore presents a critical analysis of the contending dynamics of the competing efforts to use Ukraine as the launching pad to reshape the post-Cold War regional order.

scholarly journals Noble associations in modern Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 265-270
Author(s):  
Igor Olegovich Trubitszyn
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Value System ◽  
Corporate Organization ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Political Realities ◽  
Revolutionary Period ◽  
Post Soviet Space

The author made an attempt to study the role of the descendants of the nobility in the new socio-economic and political realities of Russia at the end of the XX - first decades of the XXI century. The author focuses on the processes of recreation and subsequent activities of noble societies. The basis of the source base was a series of interviews with the descendants of the nobility living in the territory of the Russian Federation and in the countries of the post-Soviet space. The research identified the stages of development of the noble organizations, the main aspects of their activities. A comparative analysis was carried out with the pre-revolutionary noble corporate organization, which made it possible to characterize the main ideals of this social group and to make a comparative analysis with the value system of the class of the pre-revolutionary period. The range of problems faced by noble societies in modern Russia is highlighted. The results of the study can be used to comprehensively characterize the activities of corporations of the nobility in Russia, as well as the activities of the descendants of the nobility in the modern world.

Peacemaking as an important part of Russian foreign policy

2020 ◽  
pp. 63-68
Author(s):  
S. M. Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Cold War ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Arms Race ◽  
International Terrorism ◽  
Russian Foreign Policy ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Post Soviet Space

The article examines such an important aspect of Russian foreign policy as peacekeeping. Russia has been participating in many activities to maintain and strengthen peace in the post-Soviet space and in other regions of our planet. This activity is successfully carried out in the formats of the UN, CIS, CSTO, OSCE, other international organizations and on a bilateral basis. The author notes that the role of peacekeeping is growing immeasurably in the context of attempts to revive the atmosphere of the Cold War, the ongoing arms race in the world, the build-up of nuclear missile potentials of a number of countries, and the intensifi cation of the forces of international terrorism represented by radical Islamist groups.

scholarly journals Dangerous dyads in the post-Soviet space: explaining Russia's military escalation decisions, 1992–2010

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Paolo Rosa ◽  
Adriana Cuppuleri
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
State Level ◽  
Foreign Policy Analysis ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Military Alliance ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
Dyad Analysis ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Post Soviet Space

Abstract This paper analyses the military behaviour of Russia from 1992 to 2010. The method used is a combination of the dyad analysis introduced by Stuart Bremer in 1992 and the analysis of unit-level variables, which is distinctive of foreign policy analysis. We empirically test a set of hypotheses about the determinants of Russia's military behaviour in the post-Cold War period by considering the impact of changes of international variables – relative power, the presence of military alliance pacts, the territorial salience of the dispute – and state-level variables – the degree of democracy/autocracy and regime vulnerability. A bivariate and a multivariate analysis are carried out to explain the separate and joint impacts of independent variables.

scholarly journals The Establishment and Development of Local Government Authorities of the People's Republic of China

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
Petr N. Kobets ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Han Dynasty ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Western Han Dynasty ◽  
State Administration ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Agricultural Areas ◽  
Post Soviet Space

The relevance of the research is primarily due to the fact that most of the aspects of the development of local government in China, despite a number of errors and Chinese specifics, do not cease to be of interest to many countries, especially the States of the post-Soviet space. In this regard, the author has attempted to analyze the formation and functioning of local organs of state administration in China. In the course of the research, the author found that local self-government in China began to be built as an institution in the early 1950s, and finally formed in the 2000s, despite the fact that community traditions in the agricultural areas of China began to take shape during the ruling Western Han dynasty. The most important reason why various aspects of Chinese local self-government attract the attention of domestic sinologists is the annually increasing global role of the PRC in global political and economic processes. In this combination, it is obvious that the system of local government of the PRC is unique and effective, and the experience of the PRC in the formation and organization of the functioning of the local government system can be used by the Russian Federation in the process of optimizing local government.

scholarly journals THE THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF THE STUDYING OF THE PROBLEM OF THE SETTLING THE “FROZEN CONFLICTS” IN THE POST-SOVIET AREA

2018 ◽  
pp. 4-16
Author(s):  
M. Doroshko ◽  
O. Alexeichenko ◽  
I. Voloshenko
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Global Security ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Scientific Schools ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Frozen Conflict ◽  
Post Soviet Space

The article is devoted to the analysis of such threats of regional and global security as "frozen conflicts", and the approaches of their settlement in the post-Soviet space. The aggressive policy of the Russian Federation in relation with Ukraine, actualize this topic, because there is a threat of appearance a similar conflict on the territory of Ukraine. The paper analyzes the theoretical approaches to the research of "frozen" and ethnopolitical conflicts by domestic (G.Perepelitsa, O.Kartunov, A.Kisse, V.Kotygorenko) and foreign (R. Bruebooker, E. Hobsbawm, R.Dahrendorf, J. Rothschild, E. Smith) scientists. Considerable attention is paid to the study of the understanding of such conflicts by russian scientists (M. Lebedeva, A. Zdravomyslov, A. Tsigankov). The paper determined the main reasons and preconditions of interethnic contradictions on the post-Soviet area. Also determined the main approaches to the category of "frozen conflict" and their peculiarities in the region. The process of resolving such conflicts and their mechanisms, proposed by different scientific schools, is thoroughly studied. In the paper is determined the role of mediation in resolving conflicts of this kind.

scholarly journals On the Strategic Effects of Unilateral Sanctions: Russian Experience

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 52-66
Author(s):  
Anastasia B. Likhacheva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Affairs ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
Signaling Function ◽  
Pressure Adaptation ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Academic Debate ◽  
Post Soviet Space

Much of the academic debate about the consequences of sanctions has been focused on their direct impact or on collateral damage to the bilateral relationship between the issuer of sanctions and the target of sanctions, reflecting the understanding of sanctions as a foreign policy tool. However, an analysis of the Russian experience allows one to raise new questions about the role of sanctions instruments in international affairs. Of course, in the short term, the priority is a policy aimed at minimizing the risks of direct sanctions. Nevertheless, Russia has been under extensive US and EU sanctions for more than seven years, and began to face individual restrictions even earlier. In this regard, the analysis of sanctions reactions can clearly be transferred to the mid- and long-term plane. The analysis of the regulatory legal acts and particular regional and sectoral strategies of Moscow shows that the target countries have been rearranging their international priorities under the threat of further sanctions pressure, both formal and informal. Thus, sanctions are serving not only as a tool of punishment or deterrence, but also as a signaling function in a new meaning — not only demonstrating disapproval of the target country’s policy, but signaling that the planning of long-term development projects is associated with increased risks. Therefore, the complex consequences of sanctions go far beyond the immediate response of the target countries, which is reflected in the industry overview of Russian sanctions pressure adaptation strategies. A particular example of such a transformation, considered in this article, is the sanctions policy in the post-Soviet space—both on the part of individual countries of the region in relation to Russia, and in terms of countermeasures on the part of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals After the U.S. hegemonic retreat: Russia's Foreign and Security Policy in the Middle East

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 645-666
Author(s):  
Ariel González Levaggi
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
Regional Order ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Near Abroad ◽  
The U.S

In the last years, the Russian Federation has been in the global spotlight due to a series of assertive attitudes in his ‘near abroad’ and beyond. A central debate in the IR discipline and the regional studies on the Post-Soviet Space and the Middle East has been on the sources and nature of that ‘new’ regional and global policy. Russia used to have low profile in the Middle East during the Post-Cold War years, but the escalation in the Syria Civil War due to the imminent fall of the Al-Assad Regime provoked a critical juncture that pushed Russia to support military its ally. The article argues that Russia has recovered the great power status due to a military intervention in the Middle East which has been a spin-off of the U.S. hegemonic retreat after the failure of Iraq and the Obama’s decision not to act in Syria. At the same time, Russia also has operated with an acceptable degree of military efficacy on a regional order separate from its immediate zone of interest. The new involvement provides us a significant indicator of a status upgrade since the latent capabilities become actual with the projection of military strength overseas.     Recebido em: Agosto/2018. Aprovado em: Outubro/2018.

ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF EXTERNAL ENERGY POLICY OF RUSSIA AT THE TURN OF XX-XXI CENTURIES

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-160
Author(s):  
Зайцев ◽  
Maksim Zaytsev
Keyword(s):  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Global Competition ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
External Energy ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Post Soviet Space

The article discusses the latest global conditions and circumstances that determine the place and role of sovereign Russia in the global energy system and its geostrategic objectives for the foreseeable future. It is shown that the main threats to the Russian Federation lie in the field of sustainable energy development and energy security with increased global competition. The author comes to the conclusion that main external energy efforts of Russia should be directed to the intensification of integration processes in the post-Soviet space. This can and must become the basis of its economic security in the XXI century along with further changes in our country.

scholarly journals Oil and Gas Education in Russia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 144-157
Author(s):  
V. G. Martynov ◽  
V. N. Koshelev ◽  
V. V. Mayer ◽  
A. A. Tumanov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Russian State ◽  
The World ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Post Soviet Space

The role and importance of oil and gas in modern society cannot be overestimated. At the turn of the 18th century, with the advent of the first signs of fuel new to the world, the Russian state attached great importance to the creation of all conditions for the development of the oil business. This article highlights the background and development of oil and gas education in Russia, shows the stages of its formation in the post-Soviet space. Statistics is given on the number of students majoring in oil and gas direction on the territory in the Russian Federation. The authors dwell on the role of the Educational and Methodological Association in the formation of oil and gas education. Achievements and problems of oil and gas education functioning in Russia are considered.

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