Ian Manners
Professor
Teaching the Russian War against Ukraine : Ukraine as a Microcosm of the Paradigm Shift from International Relations to Planetary Politics
Författare
Summary, in English
The impact of the Russian war against Ukraine should have far-reaching repercussions on the teaching of International Relations (IR) and European Union (EU) studies.
In this article, it is argued that Ukrainian resistance to the invasion must be part of an important shift in thinking about IR and the EU within holistic planetary politics.
First, the terminologies and technologies of teaching IR and EU studies, Ukraine and Russia, EU enlargement and the “post-Soviet space” after the end of the Cold War are introduced.
Second, the conventional teaching of IR and EU studies in Western Europe, 1991–2022 is analyzed by looking at what was included and excluded in the study of these disciplines. Third, the transformation of teaching IR and EU studies after the invasion and counter-offensive of 2022–2024 is examined by focusing on the rapid process of re-education and rethinking of teaching on Ukraine and Russia in IR and EU studies courses.
Finally, it is concluded that a paradigm shift to teaching planetary politics is necessitated by the Russian war against Ukraine and other 21st century crises.
In this article, it is argued that Ukrainian resistance to the invasion must be part of an important shift in thinking about IR and the EU within holistic planetary politics.
First, the terminologies and technologies of teaching IR and EU studies, Ukraine and Russia, EU enlargement and the “post-Soviet space” after the end of the Cold War are introduced.
Second, the conventional teaching of IR and EU studies in Western Europe, 1991–2022 is analyzed by looking at what was included and excluded in the study of these disciplines. Third, the transformation of teaching IR and EU studies after the invasion and counter-offensive of 2022–2024 is examined by focusing on the rapid process of re-education and rethinking of teaching on Ukraine and Russia in IR and EU studies courses.
Finally, it is concluded that a paradigm shift to teaching planetary politics is necessitated by the Russian war against Ukraine and other 21st century crises.
Avdelning/ar
- Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
- LU profilområde: Naturbaserade framtidslösningar
Publiceringsår
2024
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1-31
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
Volym
10
Issue
1
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Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Ibidem-Verlag
Ämne
- Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)
Nyckelord
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine
- paradigm shift
- international relations
- planetary politics
Aktiv
Published
Projekt
- Planetary Politics
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 2364-5334