Russkiy Mir

The Geopolitics of Russian Compatriots Abroad

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3948343
AutoresMoritz Pieper (0000-0001-5908-3021, University of Salford, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen25
Número3
Páginas756-779
Fecha de publicación2020-05-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2018.1465047
OpenAlexW2797945384
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas38
Referencias citadas57

This paper argues that the instrumental reference to Russian ‘compatriots’ in Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014 served as a discursive framing to justify contradictions in Russian approaches to state sovereignty to an international audience. Contrary to teleological readings of Russian foreign policy, however, the paper argues that while Russian diaspora policies have been tapped into, the iterative and partially contradictory development thereof on a governmental level suggests that these were not the blueprint for a revisionist foreign policy by design. It contextualizes the evolution of Russian diaspora policies against the background of the evolution of the wider ‘Russian World’ conception and shows how the discourse about the protection of ‘compatriots’ was contextual and has translated into geopolitical boundary-making at a time when relations between Russia and the West deteriorated

Geopolitics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · European Politics and Security · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law