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So, Is Russia Fascist Now? Labels and Policy Implications by Laruelle, Marlene

“…The horrific war of Russia in Ukraine has sharply revived debate over charges of Russia's fascist behavior. Refuting the label of "fascism" for Russia does not…”
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The United States in Kazakhstani public opinion: Double-edged cultural influence and the collateral damage of foreign policy by Laruelle, Marlene, Royce, Dylan

“…This article employs surveys by Gallup, the Central Asia Barometer, and the Barometer of Eurasian Integration, as well as focus groups that were commissioned…”
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Alternative identity, alternative religion? Neo-paganism and the Aryan myth in contemporary Russia by LARUELLE, MARLÈNE

“…As in all post‐Soviet states, the Russian intelligentsia has been preoccupied with the construction of a new national identity since the beginning of the…”
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Illiberalism: a conceptual introduction by Laruelle, Marlene

“…Illiberalism is an emerging concept in social sciences that remains to be tested by different disciplines and approaches. Here, I advance a fine-grained frame…”
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The three colors of Novorossiya, or the Russian nationalist mythmaking of the Ukrainian crisis by Laruelle, Marlene

“…While the annexation of Crimea boosted Putin's popularity at home, the Donbas insurgency shattered the domestic ideological status quo. The Kremlin's position…”
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The US Silk Road: geopolitical imaginary or the repackaging of strategic interests? by Laruelle, Marlene

“…Central Asia appears a highly fertile region for producing inflated imaginaries aimed at both domestic and external actors. Since the 1990s and more openly…”
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Russia as a "Divided Nation," from Compatriots to Crimea: A Contribution to the Discussion on Nationalism and Foreign Policy by Laruelle, Marlene

“…The assumption that Russia's foreign policy is "nationalist," advanced as the main explanation to understand the Ukrainian crisis of 2014, needs to be…”
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A grassroots conservatism? Taking a fine-grained view of conservative attitudes among Russians by Laruelle, Marlene

“…This article argues that interpreting Russia's conservatism exclusively as a top-down phenomenon has obscured the possibility that there might exist a…”
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Commemorating 1917 in Russia: Ambivalent State History Policy and the Church's Conquest of the History Market by Laruelle, Marlene

“…Russia's historical policy towards the centenary of 1917 was composed of several parallel strategies: diminishing the meaning of the event to avoid the head of…”
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Is Russia Fascist?: A Response to Yoshiko Herrera, Mitchell Orenstein, and Anton Shekhovtsov by Laruelle, Marlene

“…Writing Is Russia Fascist? was a difficult intellectual exercise, as it feels counterintuitive to spend years working on a concept, only to refute its…”
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The Izborsky Club, or the New Conservative Avant-Garde in Russia by LARUELLE, MARLENE

“…Launched at the end of 2012, the Izborsky Club stands as a symbol of the ideological hardening of Vladimir Putin's third presidential mandate. This paper…”
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Urban Regimes in Russia’s Northern Cities: Testing a Concept in a New Environment by Laruelle, Marlene

“…At a time when urbanization represents a major trend in human history and when the majority of the world’s population lives in an urban environment, the urban…”
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Ideological Complementarity or Competition? The Kremlin, the Church, and the Monarchist Idea in Today's Russia by Laruelle, Marlene

“…In 2018, Russia's last tsar, Nicholas II, was the most popular of all Russian historical figures of the twentieth century; the fame of White officers such as…”
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Untangling the puzzle of "Russia's influence" in Kazakhstan by Laruelle, Marlene, Royce, Dylan, Beyssembayev, Serik

“…The theme of "Russian influence" has been invading the think tank world. Yet the concept of influence must be deployed with care. Analysts have frequently…”
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Why No Kazakh Novorossiya? Kazakhstan's Russian Minority in a Post-Crimea World by Laruelle, Marlene

“…Some Western pundits have embraced a "domino" logic to suggest that Kazakhstan might share the fate of Ukraine, with its Russian minority being used as the…”
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Is Nationalism a Force for Change in Russia? by Laruelle, Marlene

“…This essay defines three categories of Russian nationalist actors: nonstate actors, whose agenda is anti-Putin; parastate actors, who have their own…”
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Patriotic Youth Clubs in Russia. Professional Niches, Cultural Capital and Narratives of Social Engagement by Laruelle, Marlene

“…Youth civic engagement in post-socialist countries and youth enrolment in defending the current regimes or contesting them became a growing topic of research…”
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Back From Utopia: How Donbas Fighters Reinvent Themselves in a Post-Novorossiya Russia by Laruelle, Marlene

“…Abstract How to cope with the end of utopia? How to move from making history on a day-to-day basis to capitalizing on a legend? That is the dilemma Russian…”
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Beyond "hybrid warfare": a digital exploration of Russia's entrepreneurs of influence by Laruelle, Marlene, Limonier, Kevin

“…This article argues that to capture Russia's influence abroad, one needs to comprehend the country's "gray diplomacy" as a neoliberal realm open to individual…”
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Envisioning a region. The US "Silk Road" as an object of academic enquiry by Laruelle, Marlene

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