Education as a Soft Power Tool in Russian Foreign Policy

Torkunov, Anatoly

doi:10.24833/2071-8160-2012-4-25-85-93

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“…Например, Россия в рамках своей концепции экспорта образовательных ус-луг (HSE, 2010) пытается восстановить свое академическое доминирование в странах бывшего СССР. Они создают транснациональные сетевые университеты, в которых русский язык является основным или одним из основных языков общения и науки (Mkhoyan, 2017;Torkunov, 2012). Не зная русского языка, ученые из бывших советских республик могут испытывать трудности в доступе к знаниям и текущей научной повестке.…”

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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as instruments of soft power and public diplomacy

Varpahovskis¹

2021

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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as instruments of soft power and public diplomacy

Varpahovskis¹

2021

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“…Torkunov, who identified specific areas of implementation of educational policy in the context of understanding it as a "soft power". : export and import of education, international mobility of students and teachers, the struggle for high places in prestigious international educational rankings, internationalization of universities, increase in scientometric indicators [6].…”

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Education as a „soft power” in modern political science research

Golovataia

2023

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In the modern world, education traditionally acts as an institution of knowledge transfer. At the same time, in a multipolar world, the role of education has expanded significantly. It is firmly included in the foreign policy arsenal of a number of states, being an integral component and form of their foreign policy strategy. The article examines the approaches of a number of foreign political scientists to the problem of defining education as one of the instruments of "soft power" policy. The Republic of Moldova has taken the concept of "soft power" with interest as a real tool of political influence in the international arena. Moldovan authors consider European policy in the context of Moldova’s participation in the Bologna process. All this suggests that the problem under consideration requires further study and conceptualization.

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“…[Electronic resource] // delfi.lt. URL: http://www.delfi.lt/news/ringas/lit/v-kersanskas-ar-vilniui-reikia-daugiau-maskvos.d?id=68789244 (accessed 16.01.2019) 15. Mindaugas Karbauskis is the brother of Ramūnas Karbauskis, the chair of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, which has the largest faction in the Seimas (54 out of 141 seats) following the 2016 election 16.…”

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Russian soft power in the Baltic States through the lens of research: traditions, competition, confrontation

Vorotnikov

Akindinova²

2019

Balt. Reg.

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In this article, we aim to analyse the research discourse in the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) as regards Russian soft power, which is considered as hard power, and to compare the theses that dominate this discourse with the actual interactions between Russia and the three states in media, education, and culture. Each Baltic country has built a system of political and legal restrictions to diminish the effect of Russian soft power, which is considered in terms of hard power, i.e. as a threat to national security. The current forms of Russian soft power are becoming less productive in the region and their use in the negative political context of bilateral relations has the opposite effect for Russia – the country loses in reputation and image. The main factor at play is the information content of the Russian-language media space. At odds with the historical and political views of a significant part of the Baltic States’ ruling class, it is becoming the target of counteraction. At the same time, Russian high and mass culture and, partly, educational services are in demand from both Baltic Russian speakers and ethnic Lithuanians, Latvians, and Estonians. Our analysis shows that the views of Baltic researchers that Russian soft power is politics-driven and foreign to the region are exaggerated and biased. In its turn, Russian soft power in the Baltics retains the potential to aid the country’s foreign policy, being a complement to the latter rather than its direct tool.

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Education as a Soft Power Tool in Russian Foreign Policy

Cited by 27 publications

References 4 publications

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as instruments of soft power and public diplomacy

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as instruments of soft power and public diplomacy

Education as a „soft power” in modern political science research

Russian soft power in the Baltic States through the lens of research: traditions, competition, confrontation

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