The Wilsonian Bias in the Study of Russian Foreign Policy

Gunitsky, Seva; Tsygankov, Andreï P.

doi:10.1080/10758216.2018.1468270

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“…The Russian governmental understanding of the character of the LWO and its response to the liberal character of European states and institutions reflects a realist conception of international relations. The realist character of core elements of twenty-first-century Russian foreign policy has been widely noted by scholars (for example, Gunitsky and Tsygankov 2018;Kropatcheva 2012;Lynch 2001). One element of this realist approach has been the assumption that US dominance extends to include significant control over the international actions of allied LWO actors; another is the assumption that national interest motivations underpin actions that therefore only appear to be driven by those normative concerns that supposedly characterise the LWO.…”

Section: Russia Europe and The Lwomentioning

confidence: 99%

Russia in the liberal world order

David¹,

Deyermond²

2021

The Routledge Handbook of EU-Russia Relations

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Ideas about the nature of international order have been central to the contest between Russia and 'the West' in the twenty-first century and are fundamental to the relationship between Russia and the structures and states of the European Union (EU). The extent to which this order is, or should be, a liberal one is the source of much political and analytical debate in the EU-Russia landscape, as is the nature of the role of the United States (US) in both international and European politics and security. In the context of a more assertive Russian foreign policy, a rising China and a closer Sino-Russian relationship, and difficult Russia-US relations, the EU is increasingly entangled in the net of Russia's relations with others, especially the US. This chapter begins by considering the idea of a liberal world order (LWO), its origins, and some of the most significant debates about its character. Intimately connected to these debates are the issues of the LWO's Cold War origins and its relationship to US hegemony. It explores Russia's relationship to the LWO, and the ways in which that relationship is informed by Russian governmental concerns with US hegemony, or unipolarity. The chapter then considers the complex interrelationship of Russia, the LWO and Europe before concluding with some thoughts about possible futures.

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Section: Russia Europe and The Lwomentioning

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Russia in the liberal world order

David¹,

Deyermond²

2021

The Routledge Handbook of EU-Russia Relations

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“…The Russian media used his relationship with Bush to herald Putin's growing global stature ('Tretiy den' itogi', 2001). The 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, however, soured Putin's budding bromance with Bush (' Gunitsky & Tsygankov,' 2018). Russia's media no longer presented the U.S. president as a potential partner, but as an aggressive militarist with scant regard for international law or national sovereignty ('Dzhordzh Bush i Toni Bler,' 2005).…”

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Charting Putin’s Shifting Populism in the Russian Media from 2000 to 2020

Burrett

2020

PaG

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This article analyses the changing themes of Vladimir Putin’s populist messaging during his almost 20 years at the apex of Russian politics. To reveal shifts in Putin’s populist rhetoric, the article examines Russian media framing of his four presidential-election campaigns and of Russia’s relations with China and the United States (U.S.). Public opinion data is used to assess the impact of Putin’s populist propaganda. The article begins by assessing to what degree Putin can be considered a populist politician, concluding that while his rhetoric is populist his rule is largely not. The article further finds that Putin has maintained his populist appeal by turning his ire from domestic economic elites to international political enemies, specifically by positioning himself as the main challenger to U.S. hegemony in the global system. Putin’s control of the Russian media, co-opting of opposition populist causes and geopolitical victories in Syria and Crimea have helped him maintain his populist connection with Russian voters. But, the article concludes, growing access to anti-Kremlin online media, the pain of economic sanctions, botched social welfare reforms, and the presence of effective opposition movements are causing Putin’s populism to lose its lustre.

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“…Another challenge is that different coders may judge the same facts differently. In either case, raters' national perspectives may affect their coding decisions, whether by shaping the sources that they use for basic information about the world or by shaping how they interpret that information once the relevant sources have been gathered (Gunitsky and Tsygankov 2018).…”

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National Perspectives and Quantitative Datasets: A Silver Lining?

Bush

2019

Journal of Global Security Studies

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As noted by other contributions to this special issue, an American perspective shapes many leading quantitative datasets used by international relations scholars. This tendency can lead to biased inferences, but it can also enhance scholarly accuracy under certain conditions. Precisely because some datasets reflect national perspectives, they are appropriate to use when seeking to test theories in which the actors of interest subscribe to the same national perspective. This argument is illustrated with the case of US democracy assistance. Using an appropriate measure of democracy reveals that—contrary to some claims in the literature—US policy-makers allocate democracy assistance in ways that reflect their perceptions of countries’ regime types, giving less democracy assistance to countries that they perceive as more democratic.

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The Wilsonian Bias in the Study of Russian Foreign Policy

Cited by 35 publications

References 33 publications

Russia in the liberal world order

Russia in the liberal world order

Charting Putin’s Shifting Populism in the Russian Media from 2000 to 2020

National Perspectives and Quantitative Datasets: A Silver Lining?

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