A short take on Russian reaction to US election results for PRIMO’s blog, alongside colleague’s assessments of perspectives from rising powers.
Author: ali lantukh
In Production… A review of work in progress
My chapter for my research network PRIMO’s edited volume slated for publication in 2017 is currently winging its way (I hope) through third review. More to come on that soon…
In the meantime, I’m starting work on two articles coming out of my secondment at St Petersburg State University: one mapping Russian foreign policy regarding overseas aid; and another working alongside a colleague from St Petersburg looking at Russian relations with Brazil and the notion of multipolarity using the energy sector as a case study. Details to follow, hopefully in the not-too-distant future…
The Russia Edit: Ideas developed at conferences, roundtables, seminars
During my secondment at St Petersburg State University, I’ve developed my work in the direction of (the limits of) multipolarity in Russian-Latin American relations. Below: the abstract of my paper presented at the World Economy Department’s annual conference, using Russian interactions with Latin American trading blocs as a test case. I developed the same notion, exploring the case of current Brazilian (geo)political issues as a challenge to the strength of multipolarity as an aspect of Russian foreign policy at the PRIMO Roundtable, held at the university.
Multipolarity Narratives in Practice? Russian Trade with Latin America
This paper takes a Hobbesian notion of identity and multipolarity narratives as theoretical starting points in a discussion of the Russian government’s cooperation attempts with Latin American trading blocs. Using reporting from the media and the Russian Foreign Ministry, the paper summaries efforts to engage in this area, arguing that limited progress has been made to build connections with these trading blocs despite rhetorical and discursive emphasis, and that bilateral relations remain of prime importance in Moscow’s policy on the region. Nevertheless, multipolarity narratives have a mobilising power at a time of shifts in the international, but the interpretation of discourse into practice will require strong political will as BRICS economies and (sub)regional blocs struggle with economic and political stresses.