“Revolution and Diplomacy” as a Scientific Challenge
https://doi.org/10.31249/kgt/2024.05.01
Abstract
Drawing on the case studies of Russia, India, and China, this article seeks to examine the interplay between revolution and foreign policy. The author posits that revolution, as both a phenomenon and a process, aims to modernize national economies while augmenting a nation’s influence within the international system. For Russia, the February and October Revolutions marked its transition from the ‘periphery’ of the global system to a significant force in international affairs. Similarly, India and China pursued world power status along their own distinct trajectories. Nevertheless, the shared objective for these major nations – the “Elephant” and the “Dragon” – was to enhance their geopolitical standing in global politics, thereby ensuring the effective protection of their national interests. The article also underscores the importance of the ‘demonstration effect’ of the foreign policy revolution in Russia, India, and China, which inspired the political ‘awakening of the oppressed,’ representing the majority of humankind. This awakening is characterized by a growing assertion of political agency and the active defense of the ideas and principles underpinning a new, polycentric world order
About the Author
A. G. Volodin
Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INION RAN)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey G. VOLODIN, Dr. Sc (History), Chief Researcher
Nakhimovsky Avenue, 51/21, Moscow, 117418
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Volodin A.G. “Revolution and Diplomacy” as a Scientific Challenge. Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law. 2024;17(5):6-26. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31249/kgt/2024.05.01
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