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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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. |
spellingShingle | Daniel Añorve Añorve 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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