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Khrushcheva, O. and Poberezhskaya, M. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-6442-5292,
2016.
The Arctic in the political discourse of Russian leaders: the national pride and economic ambitions.
East European Politics, 32 (4), pp. 547-566.
ISSN 2159-9165
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Abstract
This article explores how Arctic policy is presented in Russian political narratives. This is achieved through the discourse analysis of 109 official documents published within seven-year timeframe (2008-2015) on the official website of the Russian President. The article argues that Russian leaders emphasise the state’s geographical location and significant contribution to historical exploration and environmental protection of the region to frame Russia as an ‘Arctic Great Power’ which has natural rights to possess and utilise the Arctic’s abundant resources. The logic of ‘our Arctic, our rules’ can justify any necessary sacrifices, and the assertive policy of the state. However, this discursive representation of the Russian Arctic does not correlate with the reality of the country’s current interests in international cooperation and its willingness to ‘play by the rules’.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | East European Politics | ||||||
| Creators: | Khrushcheva, O. and Poberezhskaya, M. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||||
| Date: | 2016 | ||||||
| Volume: | 32 | ||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2159-9165 | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||||
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher | ||||||
| Date Added: | 24 Oct 2016 15:39 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2018 03:00 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/28935 |
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