Eurasia 2.0

As the first English-language study to focus explicitly on digital geopolitics in the context of Russia, Eurasia 2.0 has its finger on the pulse. In providing valuable analyses of emerging political narratives, it fills an important gap in the literature at a crucial historical juncture.... Overall, this is a very strong book... [T]he volume is... an excellent and timely collection that will prove invaluable to both students and more seasoned academics working on contemporary Russia. * Inner Asia * The Eurasia 2.0: Russian Geopolitics in the Age of New Media volume masterfully demonstrates that certain recurrent assumptions of geopolitics continue to be very relevant today, particularly when the issues of power and influence touch upon the questions of ideology, national character, and identity. Mikhail Suslov, Mark Bassin and all contributors to this excellent collection of essays go a long way towards uncovering the uneven and multifaceted character of changes in Russia and the politics of identity in Eurasia.... Overall, the book is an important, timely and relevant effort to understand the re-emerging concept of geopolitics in the age of new media. The amount of nuanced research in this volume is noteworthy.... Eurasia 2.0 is a valuable scholarly contribution, which provides a much-needed indication of the processes and challenges in Eurasia, and which will serve as a foundation for future projects. * Europe Now * The reader will walk away with a better understanding of how the ideas of Aleksandr Dugin, Prokhanov, and Dzhemal inform everyday understandings of place in space in the former Soviet Union . . . Eurasia 2.0 will find purchase with scholars from across the field of Russian, Slavic, and Eurasian studies, and is likely to become the text of choice for courses exploring the shifting sands of Russian geopolitics in the age of new media. * Slavic Review * This collection of scholarly papers on the topic of Russian geopolitics in the context of new digital media is long overdue. . . especially timely because of the ongoing Ukraine crisis. . . . All of the essays are important for understanding Russian geopolitics and identities. . . all are excellent examples of digital geopolitical studies.This pioneering collection reflects the transition of geopolitical studies from classical topics to a more critical focus on communicative environments, with a spectrum of approaches between the traditional and new media, giving the feeling that this volume has an abrupt end and should be continued. * AAG Review of Books * While there is now an extensive literature examining the reemergence of Eurasianist geopolitical thinking in Russia, this volume is innovative. . . it offers a wide-ranging exploration of shifts in Russian geopolitical sensibility, thought, and practice in relation to the proliferation of online and visual media. . . . overall the writing is effective and ought to be accessible to nonspecialists. A variety of screenshots, maps, charts, photos, and other images usefully convey the visuality of digital geopolitics. * Ab Imperio * This wide-ranging and challenging collection brings together some of the worlds leading scholars to provide a powerful insight into contemporary Russian and Eurasian developments. The exciting new framework of digital geopolitics shows interdisciplinary studies at its best. The vivid and lively contributions range freely across geopolitics, the media, movies, and various forms of identity politics. The digital world is here presented as a new public sphere in which nations and regions look for themselves, and in so doing, provides a unique window into the soul of a people. -- Richard Sakwa, University of Kent Eurasia 2.0: Russian Geopolitics in the Age of New Media: a most innovative important collection of essays on the geopolitical perspective of post-Soviet Eurasian identity politics and national interest analyzed in the spatial context by digital media. -- Jutta Scherrer, Ecole

Mark Bassin is Baltic Sea professor of the history of ideas in the Center for Baltic and East European Studies at Sdertrn University in Stockholm. Mikhail Suslov is Marie Curie post-doctoral researcher at the Uppsala Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University.

Chapter 1. Saara Ratilainen, Russian Digital Lifestyle Media and the Construction of Global Selves Chapter 2. Brigit Beumers, Crossing Borders/Road Movies in Russia: The Road to Nowhere? Destinations in Recent Russian Cinema Chapter 3. Galina Zvereva, Digital Storytelling on YouTube: The Geo-Political Factor in Russian Vernacular Regional Identities Chapter 4. Andrei Tsygankov, Uses of Eurasia: the Kremlin, the Eurasian Union, and the Izborsky Club Chapter 5. Marlne Laruelle, Digital Geopolitics Encapsulated. Geidar Dzhemal between Islamism, Occult Fascism and Eurasianism Chapter 6. Sirke Mkinen, Russia as an alternative model: Geopolitical Representations and Russias Public Diplomacythe Case of Rossotrudnichestvo Chapter 7. Hanna Smith, Putins Third Term and Russia as a Great Power Chapter 8. Fabian Linde, Future Empire: State-Sponsored Eurasian Identity Promotion Among Russian Youth Chapter 9. Per-Arne Bodin, Russian Geopolitical Discourse: On Pseudomorphosis, Phantom Pains and Simulacra Chapter 10. Vlad Strukov, Digital Conservatism: Framing Patriotism in the Era of Global Journalism Chapter 11. Ryhor Nizhnikau, Invisible Battlefield in Belarusian Media Space: Fighting Russkiimir from within? Chapter 12. Alla Marchenko and Sergiy Kurbatov, Constructing the Enemy-Other in Social Media: Facebook as a Particular Battlefield During the Ukrainian Crisis Chapter 13. Dirk Uffelmann, The Imagined Geolinguistics of Ukraine Chapter 14. Greg Simons, Digital Eurasia: Post-Soviet Geopolitics in the Age of the New Media: Euromaidan and the Geopolitical Struggle for Influence on Ukraine via New Media Chapter 15. Mikhail Suslov, The Russian World Concept in Online Debate during the Ukrainian Crisis