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(In)securitising post-Soviet Space through Security Policies: Russian and the Western Concerns on the Colour Revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia
Abstract
This article mainly elaborates the relations between Russia and the West during and after the Cold War. Both sides saw each other as a security threat during the Cold War. After 1990s when the Soviet Union collapsed, this antagonistic relation ended for a short period. Once Vladimir Putin came to power, Russia once again revealed security concerns in the post-Soviet space. The iconic symbol of this concern was the Colour Revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine. The Kremlin saw the Revolutions as a Western threat to Russia’s identity formation in the region. On the other hand, the West saw the Revolutions as a call for democratic liberation for the peoples of the region. Hence, this study looks deeply into both sides of concerns about the Revolutions through the concepts of identity politics and security concerns.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
International Relations (Other), Contemporary European History, Contemporary Russian History
Journal Section
Research Article
Early Pub Date
December 16, 2023
Publication Date
December 19, 2023
Submission Date
November 24, 2022
Acceptance Date
November 20, 2023
Published in Issue
Year 2023 Volume: 17 Number: 33
APA
Yaşar, F., & Doğan, M. (2023). (In)securitising post-Soviet Space through Security Policies: Russian and the Western Concerns on the Colour Revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia. Gazi Akademik Bakış, 17(33), 295-318. https://doi.org/10.19060/gav.1405877
AMA
1.Yaşar F, Doğan M. (In)securitising post-Soviet Space through Security Policies: Russian and the Western Concerns on the Colour Revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia. Gazi Akademik Bakış. 2023;17(33):295-318. doi:10.19060/gav.1405877
Chicago
Yaşar, Fatih, and Muharrem Doğan. 2023. “(In)securitising Post-Soviet Space through Security Policies: Russian and the Western Concerns on the Colour Revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia”. Gazi Akademik Bakış 17 (33): 295-318. https://doi.org/10.19060/gav.1405877.
EndNote
Yaşar F, Doğan M (December 1, 2023) (In)securitising post-Soviet Space through Security Policies: Russian and the Western Concerns on the Colour Revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia. Gazi Akademik Bakış 17 33 295–318.
IEEE
[1]F. Yaşar and M. Doğan, “(In)securitising post-Soviet Space through Security Policies: Russian and the Western Concerns on the Colour Revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia”, Gazi Akademik Bakış, vol. 17, no. 33, pp. 295–318, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.19060/gav.1405877.
ISNAD
Yaşar, Fatih - Doğan, Muharrem. “(In)securitising Post-Soviet Space through Security Policies: Russian and the Western Concerns on the Colour Revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia”. Gazi Akademik Bakış 17/33 (December 1, 2023): 295-318. https://doi.org/10.19060/gav.1405877.
JAMA
1.Yaşar F, Doğan M. (In)securitising post-Soviet Space through Security Policies: Russian and the Western Concerns on the Colour Revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia. Gazi Akademik Bakış. 2023;17:295–318.
MLA
Yaşar, Fatih, and Muharrem Doğan. “(In)securitising Post-Soviet Space through Security Policies: Russian and the Western Concerns on the Colour Revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia”. Gazi Akademik Bakış, vol. 17, no. 33, Dec. 2023, pp. 295-18, doi:10.19060/gav.1405877.
Vancouver
1.Fatih Yaşar, Muharrem Doğan. (In)securitising post-Soviet Space through Security Policies: Russian and the Western Concerns on the Colour Revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia. Gazi Akademik Bakış. 2023 Dec. 1;17(33):295-318. doi:10.19060/gav.1405877
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