ABSTRACT
This innovative study presents an in-depth political and sociological analysis of the internal power politics and imperial forms developed by the Russian neo-eurasianists and the neo-conservatives in the United States. It traces the growth of nationalism and the concept of 'Empire' in relation to the ideologies and foreign policy of both Russia and the USA. Beginning with a genealogy of the two movements, the authors present the intricacy of imperial rhetoric and nationalist ideologies in modern states compared with the distinctive definition of Empire as a politico-historical form. The extent to which these ideas have shaped the foreign policy of Russia and the USA is then related to events in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. The analysis of each case provides a better understanding of the imperial character of these foreign policies in relation to their nationalist foundations. The combination of political theory and geopolitics makes this cutting-edge research a must read to all interested in the evolving discourse surrounding Empire.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |7 pages
Introduction
part I|55 pages
The Apostles of the Empire: Intellectual Genealogies
chapter 1|28 pages
Neoconservatives, Old and New
chapter 2|25 pages
From Eurasianism to Neo-Eurasianism: Nostalgia for the Empire
part II|50 pages
Imperial Calling and Nationalism
chapter 3|15 pages
Anatomy of the Empire: Imperial Nationalism?
chapter 5|16 pages
The Empire, Neo-eurasianists and Russian Nationalism
part III|82 pages
Geopolitics of Imperial Invocations: Between Cynicism, Ideology and Incoherence