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Revue Russe, 2015

Disintegration and Recovery of Russian Power (1991­1999). The purpose of this paper is to analyse... more Disintegration and Recovery of Russian Power (1991­1999). The purpose of this paper is to analyse the decline and the return of Russia as a power through its internal and external dimensions. Although the international recognition of the new Russia as the Soviet Union’s legal successor seemed to be a major diplomatic coup in the United Nations Security Council , the Western countries used this illusion as a seductive diversionary tactic in the light of the internal collapse of Russian state authority. Indeed , the yeltsinite regime found itself unable to influence significantly its domestic and international environment, because of the Russian identity crisis and the failure of anti­communist nationalism. Thus, the article ties up the primacy of pro­western foreign policy over domestic politics with the weakening of Russian power on the domestic stage. It was only at the behest of Yevgeni Primakov that the Russian power was re­shaped and strengthened through the revival of the civil...

Disintegration and Recovery of Russian Power (1991-1999) The purpose of this paper is to analyse ... more Disintegration and Recovery of Russian Power (1991-1999)
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the decline and the return of Russia as a power through its internal and external dimensions. Although the international recognition of the new Russia as the Soviet Union’s legal successor seemed to be a major diplomatic coup in the United Nations Security Council, the Western countries used this illusion as a seductive diversionary tactic in the light of the internal collapse of Russian state authority. Indeed, the yeltsinite regime found itself unable to influence significantly its domestic and international environment, because of the Russian identity crisis and the failure of anti-communist nationalism. Thus, the article ties up the primacy of pro-western foreign policy over domestic politics with the weakening of Russian power on the domestic stage. It was only at the behest of Yevgeni Primakov that the Russian power was re-shaped and strengthened through the revival of the civilization-state concept and the multi-polarity doctrine. In this way, the Yeltsin era has inspired the new regime features under Vladimir Putin.

L'AUTONOMIE LOCALE DANS L'INTERDEPENDANCE SOUS VLADIMIR POUTINE. DU CENTRALISME REGIONAL DE LENINGRAD A L'UTILITE SOCIALE DES ECOLOGUES EN CARELIE, Jun 2013

À partir de deux cas régionaux situés dans le Nord-Ouest, cet article analyse les comportements d... more À partir de deux cas régionaux situés dans le Nord-Ouest, cet article analyse les comportements des administrations régionales et stratégies personnelles des acteurs sociaux qui forment les pratiques quotidiennes de la démocratie locale russe. Ces pratiques sont polarisées par les luttes de pouvoir et les crises sociales autant qu’environnementales, mais elles soulignent aussi la revalorisation de l’espace rural comme un élément médiateur clé dans le Nord-Ouest de la Russie.

La faillite de l’Union soviétique et de son projet de modernisation a provoqué une grave crise cu... more La faillite de l’Union soviétique et de son projet de modernisation a provoqué une grave crise culturelle, érodant la confiance de la nation russe. Désireux de rejoindre les grandes puissances occidentales, le nationalisme anticommuniste de Boris Eltsine ne répondit pas aux attentes des Russes sur la définition d’un nouveau rôle historique mondial de leur nation. Le revirement des années 2000 marque la transformation du nationalisme en une ressource politique et sa captation par Vladimir Poutine en tant que leader national naturel. Élément constitutif du nouveau projet de modernisation, le nationalisme d’État doit servir à la stabilisation du pays. Il sous-tend la revitalisation du contrat social et la réactualisation de la puissance souveraine de l’État, au détriment d’un système politique démocratique.

LAS METAMORFOSIS DEL SENTIMIENTO NACIONAL RUSO: DE BORIS YELTSIN A VLADIMIR PUTIN, Mar 2013

"El fracaso de la Unión Soviética y de su proyecto de modernización desgastó la confianza de la ... more "El fracaso de la Unión Soviética y de su proyecto de modernización desgastó la confianza de la nación rusa, provocando una grave crisis cultural. Con deseos de unirse a las grandes potencias occidentales, el nacionalismo anticomunista de Boris Yeltsin no respondió a las expectativas de los rusos sobre la definición de un nuevo papel histórico mundial de su nación. El viraje de los años 2000 marca la transformación del nacionalismo en un recurso político y su apropiación de Vladimir Putin como líder nacional. Elemento constitutivo del nuevo proyecto de modernización, el nacionalismo de Estado debe servir a la estabilización del país. Éste sobrentiende la revitalización del contrato social y la reactualización de la potencia soberana del Estado, en detrimento de un sistema político.

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the failure of its modernization project have given rise to a serious cultural crisis, eroding the trust of the Russian nation in itself. Eager to join the western great powers, the anticommunist nationalism of Boris Yeltsin didn’t give an appropriate response to the expectations of the Russian people, regarding the definition of a new role of their nation in the world History. The reversal in the early years 2000, is characterized by the transformation of nationalism into a political leverage and its capturing by Vladimir Putin as the natural national leader. State nationalism has to be instrumentalized for the stabilization of the country as the key element of the new modernization project. It implies revitalizing the social contract and updating the sovereign power of the state, to the detriment of a democratic political system."

Revue Russe, 2015

Disintegration and Recovery of Russian Power (1991­1999). The purpose of this paper is to analyse... more Disintegration and Recovery of Russian Power (1991­1999). The purpose of this paper is to analyse the decline and the return of Russia as a power through its internal and external dimensions. Although the international recognition of the new Russia as the Soviet Union’s legal successor seemed to be a major diplomatic coup in the United Nations Security Council , the Western countries used this illusion as a seductive diversionary tactic in the light of the internal collapse of Russian state authority. Indeed , the yeltsinite regime found itself unable to influence significantly its domestic and international environment, because of the Russian identity crisis and the failure of anti­communist nationalism. Thus, the article ties up the primacy of pro­western foreign policy over domestic politics with the weakening of Russian power on the domestic stage. It was only at the behest of Yevgeni Primakov that the Russian power was re­shaped and strengthened through the revival of the civil...

Disintegration and Recovery of Russian Power (1991-1999) The purpose of this paper is to analyse ... more Disintegration and Recovery of Russian Power (1991-1999)
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the decline and the return of Russia as a power through its internal and external dimensions. Although the international recognition of the new Russia as the Soviet Union’s legal successor seemed to be a major diplomatic coup in the United Nations Security Council, the Western countries used this illusion as a seductive diversionary tactic in the light of the internal collapse of Russian state authority. Indeed, the yeltsinite regime found itself unable to influence significantly its domestic and international environment, because of the Russian identity crisis and the failure of anti-communist nationalism. Thus, the article ties up the primacy of pro-western foreign policy over domestic politics with the weakening of Russian power on the domestic stage. It was only at the behest of Yevgeni Primakov that the Russian power was re-shaped and strengthened through the revival of the civilization-state concept and the multi-polarity doctrine. In this way, the Yeltsin era has inspired the new regime features under Vladimir Putin.

L'AUTONOMIE LOCALE DANS L'INTERDEPENDANCE SOUS VLADIMIR POUTINE. DU CENTRALISME REGIONAL DE LENINGRAD A L'UTILITE SOCIALE DES ECOLOGUES EN CARELIE, Jun 2013

À partir de deux cas régionaux situés dans le Nord-Ouest, cet article analyse les comportements d... more À partir de deux cas régionaux situés dans le Nord-Ouest, cet article analyse les comportements des administrations régionales et stratégies personnelles des acteurs sociaux qui forment les pratiques quotidiennes de la démocratie locale russe. Ces pratiques sont polarisées par les luttes de pouvoir et les crises sociales autant qu’environnementales, mais elles soulignent aussi la revalorisation de l’espace rural comme un élément médiateur clé dans le Nord-Ouest de la Russie.

La faillite de l’Union soviétique et de son projet de modernisation a provoqué une grave crise cu... more La faillite de l’Union soviétique et de son projet de modernisation a provoqué une grave crise culturelle, érodant la confiance de la nation russe. Désireux de rejoindre les grandes puissances occidentales, le nationalisme anticommuniste de Boris Eltsine ne répondit pas aux attentes des Russes sur la définition d’un nouveau rôle historique mondial de leur nation. Le revirement des années 2000 marque la transformation du nationalisme en une ressource politique et sa captation par Vladimir Poutine en tant que leader national naturel. Élément constitutif du nouveau projet de modernisation, le nationalisme d’État doit servir à la stabilisation du pays. Il sous-tend la revitalisation du contrat social et la réactualisation de la puissance souveraine de l’État, au détriment d’un système politique démocratique.

LAS METAMORFOSIS DEL SENTIMIENTO NACIONAL RUSO: DE BORIS YELTSIN A VLADIMIR PUTIN, Mar 2013

"El fracaso de la Unión Soviética y de su proyecto de modernización desgastó la confianza de la ... more "El fracaso de la Unión Soviética y de su proyecto de modernización desgastó la confianza de la nación rusa, provocando una grave crisis cultural. Con deseos de unirse a las grandes potencias occidentales, el nacionalismo anticomunista de Boris Yeltsin no respondió a las expectativas de los rusos sobre la definición de un nuevo papel histórico mundial de su nación. El viraje de los años 2000 marca la transformación del nacionalismo en un recurso político y su apropiación de Vladimir Putin como líder nacional. Elemento constitutivo del nuevo proyecto de modernización, el nacionalismo de Estado debe servir a la estabilización del país. Éste sobrentiende la revitalización del contrato social y la reactualización de la potencia soberana del Estado, en detrimento de un sistema político.

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the failure of its modernization project have given rise to a serious cultural crisis, eroding the trust of the Russian nation in itself. Eager to join the western great powers, the anticommunist nationalism of Boris Yeltsin didn’t give an appropriate response to the expectations of the Russian people, regarding the definition of a new role of their nation in the world History. The reversal in the early years 2000, is characterized by the transformation of nationalism into a political leverage and its capturing by Vladimir Putin as the natural national leader. State nationalism has to be instrumentalized for the stabilization of the country as the key element of the new modernization project. It implies revitalizing the social contract and updating the sovereign power of the state, to the detriment of a democratic political system."