Open AccessDemocracy Promotion's Resistance in «Ukraine Crisis»: Whether Russian «Sovereign Authoritarianism» is Effective?
Author(s) -
Віталій Моцок
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ìstoriko-polìtičnì problemi sučasnogo svìtu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-2372
pISSN - 2519-4518
DOI - 10.31861/mhpi2017.35-36.339-350
Subject(s) - authoritarianism , geopolitics , democracy promotion , political science , democracy , political economy , sovereignty , context (archaeology) , ideology , promotion (chess) , development economics , economic system , politics , sociology , law , democratization , economics , geography , archaeology
The articledeals withthe efforts of the Russian Federation, which is pushing the concept of “sovereign authoritarianism”,to resist democracy promotion under the conditions of “Ukraine Crisis”. The author emphasizes that the ideological component plays an important role for the global geopolitical fight. In particluar, ideological basis of geopolitical struggle for Ukraine has a significant influence and largely determines the course of confrontation between the main global players, namely: the collective West and Russia. Russian Federation has developed its own concept of the non-liberal regime and the mechanisms of its external projection as a way to counter the democracy promotion. By the end of 2017, Russia`s “sovereign authoritarianism” shows its sufficient effectiveness to contain democracy promotion efforts towards Ukraine under the conditions of the “Ukraine Crisis” and in the wider context of European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine.
Keywords: “Ukraine crisis”, democracy promotion, sovereign authoritarianism, Ukraine, Russia