"Sovereign democracy" Discourse in the Russian foreign policy


Musaoglu N.

Economic and Geopolitical Perspectives of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eurasia, IGI Global, ss.178-200, 2018

  • Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3264-4.ch008
  • Yayınevi: IGI Global
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.178-200
  • Kırklareli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Many important changes occurred in the Russian Federation's foreign policy since 2000s with Putin's coming to power. Although the foreign policy is defined as pragmatic during this period, it is in fact ideologically constructed on the basis of the concept of "sovereign democracy." The concept constitutes in the same time the source of loyalty of the Russian reelpolitik towards the West, especially the USA and of the Russian anti-globalist policies. The aim of this chapter is to analyze the intellectual, normative, and conceptual dimensions of the "sovereign democracy" concept that could serve to conceive the foreign policy practice of the Russian Federation, on the one hand, and on the other hand its dialectical relationships with the West in the era of globalization.