Limits to Russian Soft Power in the Post-Soviet Area
Abstract: "The influence of soft power is very difficult to measure. It is associated with intangible resources such as culture or ideology, as well as the ability to use them skillfully in order to gain allies through attraction rather than coercion or payments. After the collapse of communism, Russia retained a huge military potential from the Soviet Union but largely lost its cultural and ideological appeal. Therefore, in order to rebuild its external attractiveness (at least in the post-Soviet space), Russia began to develop its foreign policy according to soft power principles. But Russian policy-makers misinterpreted the concept of soft power. They failed to appreciate the idea of partnerships with clear advantages for both sides in the near and long term. Instead, Moscow perceives soft power as the capacity to influence, or even manipulate, public opinion in target countries. Although Russia possesses influential soft power channels to post-Soviet states like access to its labor marke
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Begrenzungen für russische »soft power« im postsowjetischen Gebiet
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource, 16 S.
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
- Erschienen in
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DGAP-Analyse ; Bd. 8
- Klassifikation
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Politik
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Veröffentlichung
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Berlin
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2012
- Urheber
- Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen
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Forschungsinstitut der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-350247
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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25.03.2025, 13:42 MEZ
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Beteiligte
- Ćwiek-Karpowicz, Jarosław
- Forschungsinstitut der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V
Entstanden
- 2012