Putin's understanders, Russia's normalizers: Discursive palettes beyond the East-West divide

This Forum focuses on a variety of discourses that in one way or another "understand" and normalize the logic of Putin's war against Ukraine. These discourses have different epistemologies - some of them might simply reproduce Russian propagandistic cliches, while others are embedded...

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Main Authors: Makarychev Andrey, Kurnyshova Yulia, Braghiroli Stefano, Kazharski Aliaksei, Hosaka Sanshiro, Dharmaputra Radityo, Tabosa Clarissa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Belgrade - Faculty of Political Sciences and Belgrade Centre for Security Policy 2023-01-01
Series:Journal of Regional Security
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2217-995X/2023/2217-995X2301005M.pdf
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Summary:This Forum focuses on a variety of discourses that in one way or another "understand" and normalize the logic of Putin's war against Ukraine. These discourses have different epistemologies - some of them might simply reproduce Russian propagandistic cliches, while others are embedded in - and adjusted to - specific national contexts; some of them emanate from political milieus, while others have academic pedigrees. Of particular interest for the reader is a comparative frame of the Forum that gives floor to European and non-European perspectives on the topic that at some point resonate, engage, and communicate with each other. The authors discuss social and cultural conditions that produce professional and vernacular narratives sympathetic to or compatible with the Russian officialdom, and deploy them in different theoretical contexts - from neorealist to post-colonial.
ISSN:2217-995X
2406-0364