Composition of the ruling elite, incentives for productive usage of rents, and prospects for Russia’s limited access order

Yakovlev, Andrei

doi:10.1080/1060586x.2021.1966988

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“…The collective impact of these factors is that, much like in the U.S., where diverging in policymaking is difficult due to the liberal hegemonic views of the American elites (Walt, 2018), disagreement in Russian policymaking is practically impossible due to the "dominance of security priorities" (Yakovlev, 2021). This prevents long-term strategies from stretching towards economic development and expansion of material resources.…”

Section: Russia's Presence In the East In The Post-soviet Periodmentioning

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Russian Grand Strategy: Why It Stalls in Relations with India

Kapoor¹

2023

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Grand strategy studies continue to expand as more attempts are being made to bring clarity to its theoretical conceptualization and distinguish it from other, narrower conceptual approaches to policy-making. This article applies some of the theoretical findings from a recent study of Russia's grand strategy to the analysis of the country's policy towards the Asia-Pacific. This conceptualization is then used to explore the India-Russia bilateral relationship in order to define the causes of its current stagnation. The paper argues that the non-implementation of the Russian grand strategy in the Asia-Pacific is one of the reasons for the inertia in Moscow's "special and privileged strategic partnership" with New Delhi.

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Section: Russia's Presence In the East In The Post-soviet Periodmentioning

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Russian Grand Strategy: Why It Stalls in Relations with India

Kapoor¹

2023

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“…These processes have been extensively analyzed by Russian and Western sociologists (Ponedelkov, Starostin 2004;Kordonskii 2008;Semenova 2012;Hughes, John 2001;Yakovlev 2021). However, Russian scholars may face challenges in transcending their lived context, while Western sociologists usually do not have sufficient levels of immersion.…”

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Strategic Partnership between Russia and India from the Perspective of National Elites

Kupriyanov

2023

Vestnik MGIMO-universiteta

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The focus of the article is the analysis of the prospects of the relationship between Russia and India. The author examines the attitudes of the elites in both countries towards each other, using historical sociology, the theory of cultural hegemony, and post-colonialism to explain the formation and perspectives of these elites. The objective and subjective economic and political conditions have, until recently, hindered any genuine efforts towards bringing the two countries closer, as both sides perceived the West as a more promising partner. This attitude has been shaped by historical factors, such as the formation of the Indian elites under the influence of British political, economic, and military culture, and the reckless admiration of the victors of the Cold War by the Russian elites, which attempted to abandon the Soviet legacy after the collapse of the USSR. Despite declarations of strategic interest in forming a polycentric world and developing bilateral Russian-Indian relations, economic ties have not supported these intentions. However, the conflict in Ukraine and the imposition of Western sanctions have compelled the Russian elites to re-evaluate their priorities. They have been faced with a choice: either to return to a Western orientation, which could lead to internal discontent, or to build stronger ties with China or India. The path chosen will depend on the position of the Indian elites, who have the freedom to take a neutral stance in a conflict far from their borders, and on the outcomes of the Ukrainian crisis.

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“…The literature on autocratic regimes examines how an autocrat chooses the size and characteristics of their inner circle, which are the keys to power, and how this, in turn, determines their regime's policy choices and performance (see Bueno de Mesquita et al, 2003;Egorov and Sonin, 2011). Several studies demonstrate that Putin's regime distributes political rents to the top federal bureaucracy, politically connected big business (oligarchs), and heads of security forces (siloviki) to stay in power (Marten, 2019;Yakovlev, 2021;Trantidis, forthcoming). By contrast, Batinti and Kopstein (2022) show that Putin's regime follows a rent-extractive model.…”

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Public choice economics of the Ukraine crisis

Hebert,

Krasnozhon

2024

Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice

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We use public choice theory to examine the calculus of the Russian aggression against Ukraine. We hypothesize that Putin’s regime acts as a tinpot dictatorship, using political loyalty and repression to stay in office. During Putin’s first two-term presidency, an improvement in Russia’s economic performance increased the supply of political loyalty and resulted in a slow fall in political repression. The global financial crisis deteriorated Russians’ living standards between Putin’s second and third terms in office. The deterioration in the country’s economic performance unambiguously resulted in a fall in the supply of loyalty and increased repression. Consistent with our hypothesis, we argue that Putin’s regime pursued military conquest to increase the aggregate supply of political loyalty.

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Composition of the ruling elite, incentives for productive usage of rents, and prospects for Russia’s limited access order

Cited by 18 publications

References 33 publications

Russian Grand Strategy: Why It Stalls in Relations with India

Russian Grand Strategy: Why It Stalls in Relations with India

Strategic Partnership between Russia and India from the Perspective of National Elites

Public choice economics of the Ukraine crisis

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