Authors: Carla IORDACHE, Simona ȘERBAN
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: December 31, 2025
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Issue/ Volume: 2 (34)/2025
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Abstract:
As an ideological current, Eurasianism emerged in the early 1920s among young
Russian emigrants. It is based on the idea that the Russian people is neither European,
nor Asiatic, but bears the influence of both spaces, which gives it unique characteristics.
After falling in a cone of shadow during the Communist regime, the Eurasian ideas,
reinterpreted under the form of Neo-Eurasianism, have regained popularity during
president Vladimir Putin’s time in office, generating the neo-Eurasian current, with
Aleksandr Dugin as its main promoter. As a result, these concepts have strongly influenced
the strategic communication of the Russian Federation, especially after the beginning of
the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
This paper is going to outline the main ideas of both the classical and modern
interpretations of Eurasianism, highlighting the resemblances and the differences
between the two, and also to identify the influences of Neo-Eurasianist ideas over the
Russian strategic communication.
The case study aims to interpret the Russian invasion of Ukraine through the lens
of Eurasian ideology, thus providing a new point of view on the actions of the Russian
Government and especially of president Vladimir Putin. Moreover, some pieces of
information that are part of the propaganda campaigns concerning the invasion will be
analysed, in order to highlight the Eurasian influence.
Keywords: propaganda, Eurasianism, Neo-Eurasianism, Ukraine, Russia.
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