The ‘rising power’ status and the evolution of international order : conceptualising Russia’s Syria policies

Pieper, MA

Abstract

Taking Syria’s armed conflict as a case study to illustrate processes of normative contestation in international relations, this paper is interested in re-examining the typology of Russia as a ‘rising power’ to account for ‘rise’ in a non-material dimension. The article embeds the ‘rising power’ label in the literature on international norm dynamics to reflect on the rationale for Russia’s engagement in Syria despite adverse material preconditions. It will be argued that Russian norm divergence from alleged ‘Western’ norms illustrates the ambition to co-define conditions for legitimate transgressions of state sovereignty.

Citation

Pieper, M. (2019). The ‘rising power’ status and the evolution of international order : conceptualising Russia’s Syria policies. Europe-Asia Studies, 71(3), 365-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2019.1575950

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 12, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Mar 8, 2019
• Publication Date: Mar 8, 2019
• Deposit Date: Dec 18, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 8, 2020
• Journal: Europe-Asia Studies
• Print ISSN: 0966-8136
• Electronic ISSN: 1465-3427
• Publisher: Routledge
• Volume: 71
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 365-387
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2019.1575950
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2019.1575950
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