Transformation of the concept of border in the transition from USSR to Russian Federation: Implications for State survival

Russian foreign policy is judged by the Western world on the basis of a series of depreciatory adjectives. The aim of this paper is to effect an historical review of the Russian (and Soviet) perception of their frontier. The Russian frontier is continually changing; and the country has been both inv...

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Main Author: Daniel Añorve Añorve
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California 2010-07-01
Series:Estudios Fronterizos
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Online Access:http://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/122
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description Russian foreign policy is judged by the Western world on the basis of a series of depreciatory adjectives. The aim of this paper is to effect an historical review of the Russian (and Soviet) perception of their frontier. The Russian frontier is continually changing; and the country has been both invader as well as invaded. For historical reasons, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union kept both a close watch and a strong control over the Soviet frontier, to the point of rendering it almost impenetrable. During the early years of transition, border policies relaxed consederably, to the point of instability and placing the Russian Federation on the verge of balkanization. Both Putin and Medvedev put a stop to this process. Now, partially as a result of Western pressure and reluctance to cooperate, Russia has undertaken an aggressive border policy that threatens expansion. The enormous Russian diaspora has turned out to be a successful justification for the expansion of the Russian border.
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spelling doaj.art-ba13f557ead748b6bd4e821d3836d4122022-12-21T17:50:28ZengUniversidad Autonoma de Baja CaliforniaEstudios Fronterizos0187-69612395-91342010-07-011122948173Transformation of the concept of border in the transition from USSR to Russian Federation: Implications for State survivalDaniel Añorve Añorve0Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana–Xochimilco.Russian foreign policy is judged by the Western world on the basis of a series of depreciatory adjectives. The aim of this paper is to effect an historical review of the Russian (and Soviet) perception of their frontier. The Russian frontier is continually changing; and the country has been both invader as well as invaded. For historical reasons, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union kept both a close watch and a strong control over the Soviet frontier, to the point of rendering it almost impenetrable. During the early years of transition, border policies relaxed consederably, to the point of instability and placing the Russian Federation on the verge of balkanization. Both Putin and Medvedev put a stop to this process. Now, partially as a result of Western pressure and reluctance to cooperate, Russia has undertaken an aggressive border policy that threatens expansion. The enormous Russian diaspora has turned out to be a successful justification for the expansion of the Russian border.http://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/122frontera, Rusia, diáspora, balcanización, neoestatismo.
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Transformation of the concept of border in the transition from USSR to Russian Federation: Implications for State survival
Estudios Fronterizos
frontera, Rusia, diáspora, balcanización, neoestatismo.
title Transformation of the concept of border in the transition from USSR to Russian Federation: Implications for State survival
title_full Transformation of the concept of border in the transition from USSR to Russian Federation: Implications for State survival
title_fullStr Transformation of the concept of border in the transition from USSR to Russian Federation: Implications for State survival
title_full_unstemmed Transformation of the concept of border in the transition from USSR to Russian Federation: Implications for State survival
title_short Transformation of the concept of border in the transition from USSR to Russian Federation: Implications for State survival
title_sort transformation of the concept of border in the transition from ussr to russian federation implications for state survival
topic frontera, Rusia, diáspora, balcanización, neoestatismo.
url http://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/122
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