The fragile coherence of Russia’s international order
Abstract
The article maps the architecture and ordering logic of Russian international order and assesses its resilience through a resilience-thinking lens. It treats the “vision of the good life” as the central analytical anchor for evaluating ordering practices both internally and across a multi-order world. Empirically, it analyses Russian strategic narratives as mechanisms for defining what is “right” and “just” and translating these meanings into practices, institutions, and policy. It advances a concentric model of the order and argues that its coherence depends on Russia’s ability to secure discursive consent while sustaining coercion and managed interdependence across economic and institutional-security spheres, revealing both system-building capacity and structural fragility.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
International Relations and Foreign Policy
European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Contemporary Security Policy
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 793–807
- Publication date
- 19 May 2026
- Language
- EN