Georgian-Russian Relations: the Role of Discourses and Narratives

(Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung) In this collection of three articles, Otar Kobakhidze first analyzes the narratives about Russia during the United National Movement (2003-2012) and Georgian Dream (since 2012) governments. Both parties label…

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Alexandra Yatsyk and Andrey Makarychev on illiberal biopolitics

(illiberalism.org) You have both been working for several years on the concept of biopolitics as applied to Central and Eastern Europe, including Russia. Can we talk about the rise of an…

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“From Russia With Love”: The Kremlin’s COVID-19 Charm Offensive

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The pandemic presented Russia’s long-serving, authoritarian government with a rare and ongoing opportunity to advance its interests vis-à-vis the West. Chaotic responses nearby in the EU and…

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Biopolitical Populism in Poland: The Case of PiS

(Populism) Abstract: This paper examines the discourse of PiS party in Poland as a form of biopolitical populism. I view this phenomenon as a specific style of political discourse rather than an…

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The 2018 World Cup in Russia and Its Regimes of Visibility: The Cases of Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan

(Journal of Sport and Social Issues) Abstract: The article addresses visualizations of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russian and international digital media. Drawing on the scholarship on discoursive hegemony, the…

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Critical Biopolitics of the Post-Soviet From Populations to Nations [NEW BOOK]

(Co-authored by Andrey Makarychev) This book is a critical attempt to cast a biopolitical gaze at the process of subjectification of Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, and Estonia in terms of multiple…

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Represent and perform: mega events and Russia’s imageries

(International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics | Co-authored by Alexandra Yatsyk) Abstract: In this article we explore the cognitive potential of the intertwined concepts of representation and performativity for…

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Russia as a Bogeyman in Poland’s 2019 Domestic Political Wars

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Poland will hold general elections on October 13, 2019. Recent exit polls suggest that the ruling right-wing, conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party will maintain its dominant…

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Europe’s frontline of information wars: Russophone communities in Estonia and Germany

(National Identities) (Co-authored with Andrey Makarychev) Abstract: This article approaches Russophone groups in Estonia and Germany as discursive subjects and producers of their own narratives and storylines that are either technically…

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Postmodernity (Derluguian); Russian “Federalism” (Makarychev, Yatsyk); Pluralism without Democracy (Makarychev); Russia’s Post-Soviet Ideological Terrain (Wengle, Monet, Olimpieva)

(Slavic Review) Contents: CRITICAL DISCUSSION FORUM: 1968 Judit Bodnár: Making a Long Story Longer: Eastern Europe and 1968 as a Global Moment, Fifty Years Later Anna Szemere: Let’s Turn Hegel from His…

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