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Geopolitical Imaginaries in Russian Foreign Policy: The Evolution of ‘Greater Eurasia’

2018/11/14 by David G. Lewis · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Aesthetics #Arctic and Russian Policy Studies #Cold war #Economics #Economy #Foreign policy #Geography #Geopolitics #Identity (music) #International Relations and Foreign Policy #International relations #Law #Order (exchange) #Philosophy #Political economy #Political science #Politics #Russia and Soviet political economy #Sociology

paper · doi:10.1080/09668136.2018.1515348

openalex publication_date 2018/11/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

Russian foreign policy thinkers have used a succession of geopolitical imaginaries to articulate a Russian role and identity in the post-Cold War era. This essay analyses one such spatial project, the idea of ‘Greater Eurasia’, which imagines a new geopolitical geometry centred on Sino–Russian cooperation. The ‘Greater Eurasia’ discourse provides a new role for Russia in international affairs but also makes far-reaching claims about the nature of the emerging, post-liberal world order. The essay concludes with an analysis of the main challenges to the ‘Greater Eurasia’ project.

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