In the Face of the Russian Invasion, Ukrainians Increasingly Embrace Nationalism

One of the declared goals of Russia’s full-blown invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was “denazification,” a bizarre term revealing a strong desire to crush all manifestations of Ukrainian nationalism,…

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PONARS Eurasia Online Academy: Grassroots Nationalist Movements in Russia

Authored by Marlene Laruelle, “Grassroots Nationalism in Contemporary Russia,” is an educational video in a new series designed to provide succinct overviews of policy-relevant research and contemporary scholarship on Russia…

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Laruelle “breaks down Russian nationalism”

(Meduza podcast) This week’s show looks at Russian nationalism, activism in Russia against police brutality, and the American alt-right. We also return specifically to remarks by Mikhail Svetov from last week’s…

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Russian Nationalism: A Discussion between Marlene Laruelle and Andreas Umland

(IERES) Marlene Laruelle and Andreas Umland address questions about the ideological diversity of Russian nationalism, its sociological basis, the doctrinal greyness of Putin’s regime, the issue of an anti-Putin Russian nationalism,…

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Exclusiveness of civic nationalism: Euromaidan eventful nationalism in Ukraine

(Post-Soviet Affairs) Abstract: Based on a case study of Euromaidan Ukrainian nationalism, we argue that civic nationalism may derive more from a commitment to a particular political event than from a set…

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Estonia’s Russophones Tumble Between Two Populisms

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Current political developments in Estonia are primarily shaped by the highly controversial and divisive effects of its March 2019 parliamentary election. For the first time, the right-wing…

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Russian Nationalism: Imaginaries, Doctrines, and Political Battlefields [NEW BOOK]

This book, by one of the foremost authorities on the subject, explores the complex nature of Russian nationalism. It examines nationalism as a multilayered and multifaceted repertoire displayed by a…

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Nationalist Radicalization Trends in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine

(PONARS Policy Memo) Ukraine today faces a vicious circle of nationalist radicalization involving mutual reinforcement between far-right groups and the dominant oligarchic pyramids. This has significantly contributed to a post-Euromaidan domestic…

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Methodological challenges in the study of stateless nationalist territorial claims

(Taylor & Francis) (Co-author: N. Shelef) Abstract: The territory claimed by stateless nationalist movements can change over time. Following a review of prominent explanations, this article addresses some of the more…

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New Policy Memo: De Facto States Unbound

(Co-author: A. Ahram) De facto states are political entities that possess control of territory but lack international recognition. Such entities appear to violate the norm of border fixity and the principle…

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