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Rising Power’ Status and the Evolution of International Order

Conceptualising Russia’s Syria Policies

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ID12298024
AuthorsMoritz Pieper (0000-0001-5908-3021, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume71
Issue3
Pages365-387
Publication date2019-03-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEurope Asia Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0966-8136 • E-ISSN: 1465-3427
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09668136.2019.1575950
OpenAlexW2779293998
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited73

Taking Syria’s armed conflict as a case study to illustrate processes of normative contestation in international relations, this paper is interested in re-examining the typology of Russia as a ‘rising power’ to account for ‘rise’ in a non-material dimension. The article embeds the ‘rising power’ label in the literature on international norm dynamics to reflect on the rationale for Russia’s engagement in Syria despite adverse material preconditions. It will be argued that Russian norm divergence from alleged ‘Western’ norms illustrates the ambition to co-define conditions for legitimate transgressions of state sovereignty

Development economics · Dimension (graph theory · Divergence (linguistics · Economic system · Economics · International relations · Norm (philosophy · Normative · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science · Typology · Anthropology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Political Conflict and Governance

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Unique citing works11
Citations per year1,83
Citation span2020 - 2025 (6)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 11

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