International Lawyers in Post-Soviet Eurasia: Decoding the Divisibility
Journal: European Journal of International Law
Year: 2024

Abstract This article examines the epistemic community of post-Soviet Eurasian international lawyers who interact, publish, teach and practise international law, predominantly in Russia and in Russian, forming a Russia-centred divisible college. By decoding the unknown group, the article presents its defining characteristics, including the link between membership in a Russia-centred epistemic community and the members’ potential Russlandversteher (Russia-apologist) behaviour. Analysing how post-