The Role of the “Crimean Factor” in Geopolitical Processes of the Black Sea Region
- Authors: Ishin A.V.1
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Affiliations:
- V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University
- Issue: Vol 26, No 3 (2024): Politics in the Black Sea-Caspian Region
- Pages: 556-568
- Section: GEOPOLITICS OF THE BLACK SEA REGION
- URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/41738
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-1438-2024-26-3-556-568
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/ANUUXK
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The role of the “Crimean factor” on geopolitical processes in the Black Sea region is discussed basing on the structural-functional analysis, cross-cultural analysis, and the method of binary oppositions. The study examines the factor of geopolitical pressure from the collective West, the multicultural specificity of the Crimean Peninsula as a factor of geopolitics. The author concludes the high significance of the military-strategic, geo-economic, sociocultural role of Crimea in political processes. The results of the “Crimean Spring” of 2014 largely changed the balance of power in the Northern Black Sea region and served as a new starting point in geopolitical dynamics. At the same time, Crimea may well play an important role in the formation of a new geopolitical ideology of Russia, which is necessary at the current situation.
About the authors
Andrey V. Ishin
V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University
Author for correspondence.
Email: a.ischin@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6513-4198
Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Russian History, Institute “Tavricheskaya Academy”
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