The Eurasianism of Russian Anti-Westernism and the Concept of "Central Caucaso-Asia"
2013; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 51; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2753/rup1061-1940510602
ISSN1558-0962
Autores Tópico(s)Healthcare, Law, Governance, and Management Studies
ResumoAbstract The disintegration of the Soviet Union raised the question of how to reinterpret post-Soviet geography, including that of Central Eurasia. Russian Eurasianism, which equates Russia with Eurasia, became one popular approach in the post-Soviet space. This approach uses Eurasianism as theoretical justification of contemporary Russian anti-Westernism. An alternative view of the latest regional divisions of the post-Soviet space links the states of the Central Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia) and Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) to form a new region—Central Caucaso-Asia. Unlike contemporary Russian Eurasianism, the concept of Central Caucaso-Asia favors strengthening the state sovereignty of countries in this region.
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