Rethinking the Scales of Eurasia: Geopolitical Narratives and Borders in Ukraine
Journal: KU ScholarWorks (The University of Kansas)
Year: 2018

Geopolitics relies on discursive constructions of world affairs to forge privileged meanings in the service of particular aims involving spatial relations. This study interrogates how geographical scale is used to spatialize politics and imagine and advantage agendas using scalar narratives of Eurasia regarding Ukraine in 2014-15. The politics of scale situates the borders of Eurasia within Ukraine. Critical scholarship emphasizes how discourses and scales are performatives, establishing an iter