Sabine Fischer

The Chauvinist Threat (eBook, ePUB)

Russia's War and the West's Response
Übersetzer: Corke, Catriona

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Many attempts have been made to explain Russia's fateful decision to invade Ukraine, but the distinguished political scientist Sabine Fischer argues that we can only fully understand Russia's foreign policy and its aggressive war of annihilation against Ukraine by putting Russian chauvinism at the heart of our analysis. Fischer argues that Putin's regime has long been driven by a mixture of aggressive nationalism, sexism and autocracy: taken together, these three elements constitute the chauvinist threat that stems from Moscow and that led to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. An internationally renowned expert on Russia and Eastern Europe with decades of experience in EU-Russia relations, Fischer enriches her analysis with observations drawn from her own experiences in Russia and Eastern Europe over the past thirty years, including conversations with senior Russian politicians and colleagues shortly before and after the invasion. She also shows that the chauvinist threat stemming from Moscow is a threat not just to Ukraine but also to liberal democracy and the rules-based world order, and she outlines steps that liberal democracies should take to counter this danger. Using a feminist lens and bringing into sharp focus the sexism of Putin's regime and its explosive interaction with nationalism and autocracy, this book makes an important contribution to understanding both the brutal war in Ukraine and the serious threats faced by all liberal democracies today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Polity
• Seitenzahl: 233
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781509567720
• Artikelnr.: 75770480

Autorenporträt

Sabine Fischer is a political scientist and Senior Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
    
1. What is chauvinism?  
Chauvinism as an aggressive form of nationalism and imperialism   
Chauvinism as sexism    
Chauvinism and autocracy
Why did Russia declare war on Ukraine?
  
2. Chauvinism in Russia 
Nationalism and imperialism  
Sexism   
Autocracy
2020: a dire turning point
    
3. Russia's wars   
Russian warfare after the collapse of the Soviet Union
Chechnya 
Russia and the Syrian Civil War   
Russia's war against Ukraine 
Reservoirs of violence in a neverending state of war
    
4. Russia's future 
Russia at war 
Russia's potential futures
    
5. Europe's vulnerability    
A brief history of EU-Russian relations
Germany's role
Russia and right-wing populism in the West  
The weaknesses of the EU
How do democracies die? 
Weaknesses to the East  
The global fight for narratives
    
6. Europe's response    
Yet more chauvinism
Ukraine's future   
The future of the EU's eastern neighbours   
Where next with Russia? 
Dealing with the war in a complex world
Reconsolidating liberal democracy 
Reconsolidating civil society
Conclusion
Acknowledgements   
Works cited   
Notes
Index