Narrative foundations of reconstructing Russian strategic culture under Putin: The west as the other
Comparative Strategy, cilt.45, sa.4, ss.593-609, 2026 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 45 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/01495933.2025.2612292
- Dergi Adı: Comparative Strategy
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Political Science Abstract (IPSA), Social Sciences Abstracts, Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO), Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest), Business Source Ultimate (EBSCO)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.593-609
- Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The importance of narratives in constituting Russian strategic culture has been largely neglected. This is due to the common assumption that Russian strategic culture is out there, historically determined, and constant from the Russian Empire through the Soviet Union to Putin’s Russia. This article argues that Russian strategic culture is not “etched in stone,” but a dynamic “context” in the making of which narratives about the past and the present, the Russian self and its others, threats and aspirations play a constitutive role. As such, this article demonstrates how Russian strategic culture is being continuously reconstructed by the Kremlin’s discursive practices in which a set of historical, civilizational, and ideological narratives about the Russian self and the West as a threat form a particular cultural context that reproduces the parameters of the prevailing Russian strategic culture.