Can Western economics survive in an anti-Western regime? Intellectual universalism and the internationalization of economic science in Russia
Year: 2026

Over the last decade, Russia’s political regime has become increasingly anti-Western in its rhetoric and ideational foundations. At the same time, Russian social sciences, and particularly economics, have pursued the path of internationalization, declaring the goal of becoming part of the global academic community. How can one reconcile these two contradictory trends? The article offers an in-depth investigation of the evolution of the internationalization of economics in Russia since the fall o