Since 1991, Kyrgyzstan's leaders have pursued a post-Soviet national identity. Their concepts failed to consolidate the country's multi-ethnic society, and continuously antagonize civic values and ethnic myth. The author applies international relations theory to frame Kyrgyzstan's identity crisis: The ruling elite has to manage tensions between their strong dependency on Russia as main donor and security provider and domestic challenges in their pursuit of a national identity. A legitimate national identity must represent both the foreign policy interests of the country and the demands of the…mehr
Since 1991, Kyrgyzstan's leaders have pursued a post-Soviet national identity. Their concepts failed to consolidate the country's multi-ethnic society, and continuously antagonize civic values and ethnic myth. The author applies international relations theory to frame Kyrgyzstan's identity crisis: The ruling elite has to manage tensions between their strong dependency on Russia as main donor and security provider and domestic challenges in their pursuit of a national identity. A legitimate national identity must represent both the foreign policy interests of the country and the demands of the Kyrgyz majority and ethnic minorities for representation. The Kyrgyz case unveils the complex dialectics of domestic pressure and external interests that have defined post-Soviet nation building in Russia's near abroad.
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Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies/Publications Universitaires Européenne
Paul Christian Sander graduated in 2013 from the University of Bamberg, Germany, with a major in Slavonic Studies and Political Science. In 2015, he earned a graduate degree in Russian and East European Studies at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK.
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Aspirational Constructivism - Kyrgyzstan's Pursuit of a National Identity - Concepts of Diaspora - Russo-Kyrgyz relations - Kyrgyz leaders have deployed identity rhetoric strategically to legitimize foreign policy alignments and to appease both international partners and its multi-ethnic population - Kyrgyzstan's strong dependency on Russia has had a weak restraining influence on ethno-nationalist rhetoric and discriminatory nationalist policies
Aspirational Constructivism - Kyrgyzstan's Pursuit of a National Identity - Concepts of Diaspora - Russo-Kyrgyz relations - Kyrgyz leaders have deployed identity rhetoric strategically to legitimize foreign policy alignments and to appease both international partners and its multi-ethnic population - Kyrgyzstan's strong dependency on Russia has had a weak restraining influence on ethno-nationalist rhetoric and discriminatory nationalist policies
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