Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: By the end of the second decade of the 21st century, the Russian foreign policy discourse had transformed from hard-headed "sober realism" into bizarre "values-obsessed realism."The texts of Russia's official strategies now appeal to such aspects of political identity as "spiritual values," "cultural (civilizational) code," "historical truth," etc.Such appeals, coupled with almost eschatological rhetoric, are not uncommon in official speeches of the country's political leadership.But this shift in political discourse cannot be explained just by the reaction to the changes in the international situation after the incorporation of Crimea into Russia.The author suggests that the reason is a change in the political leader's mindset after staying in power for such a long time.As his powers get extended, almost any political leader begins to think in "historical" and "global" categories, viewing personnel unchangeability not as vulnerability, but, on the contrary, as proof of unique "stability" and "governability."
Source: Russia in Global Affairs
Author: Kirill O. Telin
Institution: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4285413896