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Biopower and geopolitics as Russia's neighborhood strategies

Reconnecting people or reaggregating lands

Bibliographic Data

ID11047647
AuthorsAndrey Makarychev (0000-0003-4527-6978, University of Tartu, corresponding author), Alexandra Yatsyk (0000-0001-5335-226X, Kazan Federal University)
Year2017
Volume45
Issue1
Pages25-40
Publication date2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNationalities Papers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/00905992.2016.1248385
OpenAlexW2583524890
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited29

In this article, we address geopolitics and biopower as two different yet mutually correlative discursive strategies of sovereign power in Russia. We challenge the dominant realist approaches to Russia's neighborhood policy by introducing the concept of biopolitics as its key element, which makes analysis of political relations in the post-Soviet area more nuanced and variegated. More specifically, we address an important distinction between geopolitical control over territories and management of population as two of Russia's strategies in its “near abroad.”

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