Russkiy Mir

The Geopolitics of Russian Compatriots Abroad

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ID3948343
AutoresMoritz Pieper (0000-0001-5908-3021, University of Salford, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume25
Fascículo3
Páginas756-779
Data de publicação2020-05-26
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2018.1465047
OpenAlexW2797945384
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas38
Referências 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