THE GEOPOLITICAL ARGUMENT
ACCORDING THE RUSSIAN POWER PHILOSOPHY Cover Image

ARGUMENTUL GEOPOLITIC ÎN FILOSOFIA PUTERII RUSIEI
THE GEOPOLITICAL ARGUMENT ACCORDING THE RUSSIAN POWER PHILOSOPHY

Author(s): Grațiela Ploieșteanu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Security and defense, Geopolitics
Published by: Universitatea Crestina "Dimitrie Cantemir"
Keywords: geopolitical; argument; russian power;

Summary/Abstract: It is indisputable that, from a geopolitical aspect, Russia is the undeniable beneficiary of a unique situation in the world by its location in the area of the Eurasian (Eurasia), the meeting point of great civilizations, a state virtually unparalleled in this respect, which, by its essential features, is both European and Asian. Obviously, from this mixture, completely original, the result is a specific ethno-cultural reality, but which can not be definitively assigned either in Europe or Asia. According the significance of this specificity, Siviu Neguţ considers that it (n.n. specificity) ,, dictates an assessment of the Russian geopolitical position, relatively ambiguous, historically speaking. First, Russia serves as a « bridge » between two « subcontinents », assessment that would justify the desire of Russia's integration in world civilization, but also the masked trend of expansion, on the other hand, is neither Europe nor Asia but Russia itself, which would justify the exceptionalism of this world power, particularly the trend has been promoted by the nationalist and extremist circles " . What are the geopolitical arguments, elements of power which Russia hoped, maneuvering „ in one area of the uncertainty to regain something of the greatness of the past ”

  • Issue Year: I/2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 127-143
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Romanian