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Marlene Laruelle

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Research Professor; Director, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES); Director, Central Asia Program; Director, Illiberalism Studies Program; Co-director, PONARS Eurasia

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Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

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Expertise

Ideology, Political Philosophy, Nationalism, Far Right, Extremism, Populism, Illiberalism, Great Power Competition, Russia, Europe, Arctic, Central Asia

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Russia’s Niche Soft Power: Sources, Targets and Channels of Influence

(Ifri) This paper argues that Russia’s soft power should be understood as a niche soft power, microtargeting some specific audiences based on four particularisms: Russia’s history and culture; its Soviet legacy;…

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How the Battle Over Collective Memory Will Define Russia’s Place in Europe

(Moscow Times) As the proverb goes, the past tells us above all about the present. The current memory wars between Russia, on the one hand, and Central European countries, led…

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A New Wave of Research on Civilizational Politics

(Nationalities Papers) Abstract: A new wave of scholarship has made major advances in how we understand the politics of civilizational identity by drawing powerfully from conceptual tools developed over the years to…

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Accusing Russia of Fascism: Polemics around Russia’s Belonging to Europe

(Russia in Global Affairs) Abstract: With memory wars between Central and Eastern European states and Russia, the Second World War has become a useable past instrumentalized as a currency for legitimacy on…

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New Book: Memory Politics and the Russian Civil War: Reds Versus Whites

(Bloomsbury Academic) In examining the re-emergence of Russia’s White Movement, Memory Politics and the Russian Civil War gets to the heart of the rich 20th-century memory debates going on in…

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Pandemic Politics in Eurasia: Roadmap for a New Research Subfield

(Problems of Post-Communism) Abstract: The sudden onset of COVID-19 has challenged many social scientists to proceed without a robust theoretical and empirical foundation upon which to build. Addressing this challenge,…

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Soviet Legacy as Soft Power: Chinese Reception of Russian Political and Cultural Influence

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Theories of soft power inspired by political scientist Joseph Nye often rely on two problematic assumptions: that soft power accrues only to countries with liberal systems,…

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Making Sense of Russia’s Illiberalism

(Journal of Democracy) Russia’s support for illiberal movements in Europe has received wide attention. Yet this promotion of illiberalism should not be seen as merely a cynical political ploy by the…

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Russian Media Influence in Central Asia: Easy to Imagine, Difficult to Find

(NYU Jordan Center) U.S. observers and policymakers have often seen Russian-origin media as responsible for influencing the opinions and worldviews of Russia’s post-Soviet neighbors. However, our analysis of surveys in Central…

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Love with Nuances: Kazakhstani Views on Russia

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Kazakhstan is known as one of the countries most loyal to Russia—even more so, in many respects, than Belarus. Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana) indulges Moscow less often than…

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