Author
Reshetnikov; Anatoly
Year
2024
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Language
English
Pages
42
ISBN
978-0-47290-438-9
Last Update
10-Jan-2026
Keywords
Political Science ; Slavic Studies ; International Relations ; security-studies-discipline
In the last couple of decades, Russia has been talking a lot about being a great power (velikaya derzhava or simply derzhava).¹ Such rhetoric often appears in various programmatic speeches and political manifestos,² in expert op-eds and interviews,³ as well as in forecasts and policy analyses published by Russian think tanks.⁴ Russia also seconded its great power rhetoric with aggressive military action both in its immediate neighborhood (Ukraine and Georgia) and in other regions (Syria). In the West, the concept “great power” evokes unambiguous connotations. Namely, it refers to some privileged status in the international system. A great power either...
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