Soft power and great power identity in Russian discourses
Journal: DSpace repository (University of Tartu)
Year: 2014

This thesis is focused on the concept of soft power and great power identity construction in case of Russia.The concept of soft power is widely used by both politicians and academics even though there are still various issues related to the applicability or measurability of this concept to other case than the US.Furthermore, states that have introduced soft power to their foreign policy strategies can be seen as aspiring great powers at least.The aim of this thesis is to analyze what is the rela