The Role of non-Western Countries in the Construction of Russian Great Powerness: The Cases of Turkey and Israel

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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.

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Ebru Birinci

Lomonosov Moscow State University

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Email: ebrubirinci@windowslive.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6919-4275

PhD Student, Department of Comparative Politics

Moscow, Russian Federation

Ali Sucu

MGIMO University

Email: a.sudju@inno.mgimo.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0789-2198

PhD Student, Department of Global Political Process

Moscow, Russian Federation

Ivan Safranchuk

MGIMO University

Email: i.safranchuk@inno.mgimo.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2214-6628

PhD in Political Sciences, Director, Center of Euro-Asian Research, Institute for International Studies

Moscow, Russian Federation

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