This paper analyses whether the Russian government has sought to capitalise upon a perceived rise... more This paper analyses whether the Russian government has sought to capitalise upon a perceived rise in pro-Russian Orthodox Church sentiment among the Russian population by instrumentalising the ROC as a means of legitimising the government's foreign policy. The paper focuses on the two months surrounding the Russian Federation's military interventions in Ukraine and Syria, and will looks to compare, quantitatively and qualitatively, reference to the ROC by a selection of state and non-state media sources over the defined periods of time. The examples of Ukraine and Syria have been chosen due to their geographical salience to the ROC, as well as their contemporaneity in Church-State relations of the Russian Federation. The paper also utilises new methods of analysis, with the sources to be analysed having been identified with methods made available courtesy of the Berkman Institute for Internet Studies at Harvard University & Mediacloud at MIT. It is hoped that utilisation of previously unavailable analytical tools will lead to a more conclusive understanding of whether, and to what extent, the ROC is being politicised and instrumentalised as a means of legitimation by the government of the Russian Federation.
A response to the perceived and real threats posed to regional stability in Central Asia by radic... more A response to the perceived and real threats posed to regional stability in Central Asia by radical Islam.
An examination of the aesthetic of the machine and the eternal revolution in Yevgeny Zamyatin's '... more An examination of the aesthetic of the machine and the eternal revolution in Yevgeny Zamyatin's 'We'.
This paper analyses whether the Russian government has sought to capitalise upon a perceived rise... more This paper analyses whether the Russian government has sought to capitalise upon a perceived rise in pro-Russian Orthodox Church sentiment among the Russian population by instrumentalising the ROC as a means of legitimising the government's foreign policy. The paper focuses on the two months surrounding the Russian Federation's military interventions in Ukraine and Syria, and will looks to compare, quantitatively and qualitatively, reference to the ROC by a selection of state and non-state media sources over the defined periods of time. The examples of Ukraine and Syria have been chosen due to their geographical salience to the ROC, as well as their contemporaneity in Church-State relations of the Russian Federation. The paper also utilises new methods of analysis, with the sources to be analysed having been identified with methods made available courtesy of the Berkman Institute for Internet Studies at Harvard University & Mediacloud at MIT. It is hoped that utilisation of previously unavailable analytical tools will lead to a more conclusive understanding of whether, and to what extent, the ROC is being politicised and instrumentalised as a means of legitimation by the government of the Russian Federation.
A response to the perceived and real threats posed to regional stability in Central Asia by radic... more A response to the perceived and real threats posed to regional stability in Central Asia by radical Islam.
An examination of the aesthetic of the machine and the eternal revolution in Yevgeny Zamyatin's '... more An examination of the aesthetic of the machine and the eternal revolution in Yevgeny Zamyatin's 'We'.
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