Statecraft and Post-Imperial Attractiveness: Eurasian Integration and Russia as a Great Power

Smith, Hanna

doi:10.1080/10758216.2016.1145063

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“…We believe that the process of overcoming cultural trauma has taken two different courses in Russia and in Great Britain. The difference in perceptions of the imperial past and in ways of working with this past have been examined in numerous studies (Smith, 2016;Lo 2012). In his book Collapse of an Empire, Yegor…”

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National Pride In The Collective Memory Of British And Russian Youth

2019

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The paper examines collective memory of British and Russian youth. The authors use the results of surveys conducted among Russian and British students. They focus primarily on the structure of pride in the collective memory of young people. They propose to analyze the category of pride among young people across several dimensions. First, they look at the qualitative content of national pride: pride in the realization of tasks relating to "soft power" (for example, culture, education, sports), and pride in manifestations of "hard power" (for example, pride in military victories or power politics). Second, they analyze the temporal localization of national pride: were are the main events, personalities, and phenomena study participants take pride in, both in the past and in the present. Third, an important element of understanding pride in a country is the relationship of pride to shame. In this paper, two types of national cultures are identified: a culture where pride prevails over shape (we call this "culture of pride"), and cultures where shame prevails ("culture of shame").

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2019

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“…We believe that the process of overcoming cultural trauma has taken two different courses in Russia and Great Britain. The difference in perceptions of the imperial past and in ways of working with this past has been examined in numerous studies (Smith 2016; Lo 2002). In his book, Collapse of an Empire , Yegor Gaidar argued that the political elite of Great Britain, unlike the elite of Russia, do not view this process as a geopolitical catastrophe (Gaidar 2010).…”

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Between Hard and Soft Power: British and Russian Youth on National Pride

Sorokina

Kasamara

Maximenkova

2022

Nationalities Papers

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This study examines the collective memory of British and Russian youth. We used the results of a comparative survey conducted among Russian and British students. The study focuses primarily on pride in the collective memory of young people with the aim of analyzing the category of pride among young people across several dimensions. First, we look at the qualitative content of national pride: pride in the realization of tasks related to “soft power” (for example, culture, education, sports), and pride in manifestations of “hard power” (for example, pride in military victories or power politics). Second, we analyze the temporal localization of national pride: where are the main events, personalities, and phenomena study participants take pride in, both in the past and in the present. Third, an important element of understanding pride in a country is the relationship between pride and shame: what events are mentioned more often: shameful or pride-inspiring.

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“…Lurking within this narrative, however, is a stark incongruity. Smith explains that 'greatpowerness', understood as a state's image of itself, inherently depends on it being recognized as such by other states, particularly other states that posit themselves as 'great powers' as well (Smith, 2016). Russia's projected self-image, therefore, is constituted by the refusal of other states to 'see' it as it 'sees' itself.…”

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Differentiated visibilities: RT Arabic’s narration of Russia’s role in the Syrian war

Dajani

Gillespie²,

Crilley

2019

Media, War & Conflict

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This article focuses on the social media content of RT Arabic – formerly Russia Today – the Russian state-funded international news media organization. It presents results of a qualitative analysis of social media posts in order to assess whether and how RT Arabic constructs a strategic narrative of its involvement in the war in Syria. It also contributes to conceptualizations of how state-sponsored strategic narratives operate in practice and can be mobilized as a soft power resource. Our key finding is that, while Russia’s military presence is rendered almost invisible on RT Arabic, its role as a political and diplomatic actor is highly visible. Although Syrian civilians feature as the most prominent actors, they do so mostly as helpless victims and passive witnesses. Syria is represented as a non-sovereign, dysfunctional state, vulnerable to incursion by foreign forces that are vying for power and control in the region. In RT’s representation of the conflict, Russia is portrayed as coming to the aid of Syrians and Syria, as a benign presence promoting the establishment of good governance and skilfully managing the complex diplomatic relations surrounding the conflict. Rather than using straightforward propagandistic or hard-line ideological narratives, RT Arabic creates its own style of persuasive soft power on social media. This style is characterized by the differentiated visibilities afforded to Russia’s military, diplomatic and political roles. Deftly balancing exposure and concealment, RT Arabic performs a legitimating function – rendering Russia’s presence and power in a positive light.

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Statecraft and Post-Imperial Attractiveness: Eurasian Integration and Russia as a Great Power

Cited by 16 publications

References 24 publications

National Pride In The Collective Memory Of British And Russian Youth

National Pride In The Collective Memory Of British And Russian Youth

Between Hard and Soft Power: British and Russian Youth on National Pride

Differentiated visibilities: RT Arabic’s narration of Russia’s role in the Syrian war

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