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Central Asia in Russian Government-Affiliated Media Discourse
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Abstract This article contributes to the debate about Russia's past and present-day imperialism by studying the portrayal of Central Asia in expert discourse mediated by the Russian state-affiliated tabloid newspaper Argumenty i fakty from a critical geopolitical perspective. It argues that there are two sep... view more
This article contributes to the debate about Russia's past and present-day imperialism by studying the portrayal of Central Asia in expert discourse mediated by the Russian state-affiliated tabloid newspaper Argumenty i fakty from a critical geopolitical perspective. It argues that there are two separate discourses on Central Asia: a foreign policy discourse on Central Asian states and a domestic policy discourse on the Central Asian region. While the former narrates Central Asian states as Russia's partners, the latter constructs Central Asia as an inherently problematic region for Russia. Moreover, the term "Middle Asia" (Sredniaia Aziia) functions as a marker of the xenophobic domestic policy discourse, which is why those sensitive to the current decolonization imperative are triggered by its application.... view less
Keywords
Russia; Central Asia; discourse; media
Classification
Media Contents, Content Analysis
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 11-16
Journal
Russian Analytical Digest (2023) 301
Issue topic
Domestic and International Reverberations from Russia's War on Ukraine
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000632641
ISSN
1863-0421
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0