H2020Индивидуална стипендия2017–2022

RUSNAT · Russian Nationalism and the Ukraine Crisis: The Impact of Nationalist Actors on Russian Foreign Policy

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2017-09-01 → 2022-01-01
Финансиране от ЕС: 195 455 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-ST

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Накратко на български

Руският национализъм и влиянието на местните организации върху външната политика на страната към Украйна са в центъра на анализа. Това помага за по-доброто разбиране на връзката между вътрешната политика на Русия, европейската сигурност и ролята на крайни групи при авторитарни режими.

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Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

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Russian Nationalism and the Ukraine Crisis: The Impact of Nationalist Actors on Russian Foreign Policy

The 2014 war in Ukraine was a major watershed in Russia’s domestic politics. RUSNAT addresses the striking gap in existing research on how grassroots nationalist organisations can influence foreign policy in Russia. The project’s main objectives are to define a representative research sample of grassroots Russian nationalism and to assess the extent to which, and the ways in which, the events in Ukraine have transformed public activities of grassroots Russian nationalists. Most importantly, it analyses whether, and through which ways, organized grassroots nationalists have influenced the country’s foreign policy narratives or agenda-setting towards Ukraine. This project is, thus, important for society as it contributes to a more nuanced understanding of Russia’s relations with its neighbours. As the 2022 war between Russia and Ukraine shows, understanding the interplay between Russia’s domestic politics and foreign policy is both significant and urgent. More broadly, my project studies the implications that contemporary Russian nationalism can have on Russia’s relations with Europe and the future of European security and economic stability. Moving beyond Russia, RUSNAT contributes to the better understanding of the role of nationalist non-state actors in conflicts initiated by authoritarian governments. This remains an under-researched question, particularly in relation to far-right movements.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

As nationalist sentiments are on the rise among broader Russian public, nationalist actors may exercise a more significant role in Russian politics. The main objectives of RUSNAT are: 1) to analyse the impact of the events in Ukraine on representative organizations of grassroots nationalism in Russia; 2)to analyse the ideologies of Russian nationalists and the Russian government with respect to the events in Ukraine;3)to develop a theoretical and conceptual framework appropriate for the analysis of the impact of Russian nationalists’ activism on the government’s foreign policy towards neighbouring countries with Russian populations, e.g. the Baltic states. They will be achieved through Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis and close reading of primary sources generated by nationalists and representatives of Russian foreign policy from 2014 to 2016. I will construct a database covering nationalist frames, elite discourse (civic, ethnic, imperialist), and nationalist disruptive events. The influence of nationalists will be considered as positive if a nationalist frame is adopted by the elite discourse at a later date and if elite discourse changes after sudden disruption events organized by the nationalists. This research offers insight into the influence of nationalist actors on policy-making in post-communist societies; it helps assess the extent to which in non-democratic contexts foreign policy is driven by nationalist ideals in its initial phases; it contributes to our understanding of Russia’s relations with neighbouring countries with Russian populations and with the European Union as a geostrategic partner with whom Russia shares this neighbourhood; and, it will help us understand whether the growing influence of nationalist actors directly encourages the radicalization of Russian policies in near abroad. This is relevant for the design and implementation of EU policies regarding its Eastern neighbourhood and strategic partnership with Russia.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

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