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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">27447</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2021-21-3-517-528</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THEMATIC DOSSIER</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ ДОСЬЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The Role of non-Western Countries in the Construction of Russian Great Powerness: The Cases of Turkey and Israel</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Роль незападных стран в формировании российской великодержавности: примеры Турции и Израиля</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6919-4275</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Birinci</surname><given-names>Ebru</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Биринчи</surname><given-names>Эбру</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD Student, Department of Comparative Politics</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирантка кафедры сравнительной политологии</p></bio><email>ebrubirinci@windowslive.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0789-2198</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Sucu</surname><given-names>Ali Emre</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Суджу</surname><given-names>Али Эмре</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD Student, Department of Global Political Process</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант кафедры мировых политических процессов</p></bio><email>a.sudju@inno.mgimo.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2214-6628</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Safranchuk</surname><given-names>Ivan Alekseevich</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сафранчук</surname><given-names>Иван Алексеевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Political Sciences, Director, Center of Euro-Asian Research, Institute for International Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат политических наук, директор Центра евроазиатских исследований</p></bio><email>i.safranchuk@inno.mgimo.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Lomonosov Moscow State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный университет имени М.В. Ломоносова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">MGIMO University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">МГИМО Университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-09-20" publication-format="electronic"><day>20</day><month>09</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>21</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Mediterranean Sea Basin – New Regional Security Complex?</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Бассейн Средиземного моря – новый региональный комплекс безопасности?</issue-title><fpage>517</fpage><lpage>528</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-09-20"><day>20</day><month>09</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Birinci E., Sucu A.E., Safranchuk I.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Биринчи Э., Суджу А.Э., Сафранчук И.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Birinci E., Sucu A.E., Safranchuk I.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Биринчи Э., Суджу А.Э., Сафранчук И.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/27447">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/27447</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">This article contributes to the study of Russian great powerness, focusing on the potential of the Russian-Turkish and Russian-Israeli relations to influence the construction of Russia’s great power status in a multipolar world. Based upon Russian and English literature dedicated to the study of great power concept and Russian great powerness, authors adopt analytic eclecticism for the theoretical framework of the study. In this regard, for a comprehensive understanding of Russian great powerness, both constructivism with its focus on identity, and neorealism stressing national interests, security, and power, are applied. The authors actively employ the official documents, international agreements, statements of government officials, and official declarations. As a result, the study examines to what extent bilateral relations with Turkey and Israel, the West’s traditional non-Western allies, can contribute to the construction of Russian great power identity. For this purpose, first of all, the factors of Russian great power construction and its role in Russian foreign policy are examined. After addressing the efficiency of great power status as a foreign policy tool, the development of Russian-Turkish and Russian-Israeli relations are discussed. It is concluded that Russia has developed strategically significant relations with Turkey and Israel despite the deteriorated relations with the West, and the development of these relations has supported the consolidation of Russia’s great power status at the international and regional levels. Furthermore, the study suggests that Russian-Turkish and Russian-Israeli bilateral relations can enable Russia to strengthen its great power status vis-à-vis the West via cooperation and competition and contribute to the construction of a multipolar world.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">В статье рассматривается великодержавность России в контексте влияния динамики российско-турецких и российско-израильских отношений на формирование великодержавного статуса России в многополярном мире. Опираясь на исследования на английском и русском языках, посвященные изучению концепций великой державы и российской великодержавности, авторы прибегают к аналитическому эклектизму в качестве теоретической основы исследования. Для изучения великодержавности России используются конструктивизм с опорой на базовый концепт идентичности, а также неореализм с неизменным приоритетом национальных интересов, безопасности и государственной мощи. На основе представленных теоретических подходов анализируются официальные документы, международные соглашения, заявления государственных должностных лиц и официальные декларации. Изучается вопрос, в какой степени двусторонние отношения России с Турцией и Израилем, являющимися традиционными незападными союзниками стран Запада, могут способствовать формированию российской идентичности великой державы. Для этого исследуются факторы формирования российской великодержавности и ее роль в российской внешней политике. После анализа статуса великой державы как инструмента российской внешней политики изучается развитие российско-турецких и российско-израильских отношений. Авторы приходят к выводу, что Россия развивает стратегические отношения с Турцией и Израилем, несмотря на ухудшение отношений с Западом. Это способствует укреплению статуса России как великой державы на международном и региональном уровнях. Кроме того, выдвигается тезис, что развитие российско-турецких и российско-израильских отношений может укрепить великодержавный статус России в отношениях со странами Запада и внести вклад в формирование многополярного мира.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>great powerness</kwd><kwd>Russian-Turkish relations</kwd><kwd>Russian-Israeli relations</kwd><kwd>foreign policy</kwd><kwd>identity</kwd><kwd>Russian foreign policy</kwd><kwd>the West</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>великодержавность</kwd><kwd>российско-турецкие отношения</kwd><kwd>российско-израильские отношения</kwd><kwd>идентичность</kwd><kwd>российская внешняя политика</kwd><kwd>Запад</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Buzan, B., &amp; Waever, O. (2004). Regions and powers: The structure of international security. 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