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Book Talk | “#Russia and the #GCC: The Case of #Tatarstan's Paradiplomacy” by Dr. Diana Galeeva
Gulf International Forum's Majlis
English - March 31, 2023 19:34 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBPolitics News bahrain iran iraq opec qatar riyadh sanaa saudiarabia tehran uae Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Featured Speakers: Dr. Mark N. Katz and Dr. Diana Galeeva.
Book Description
In recent decades Russia has played an increasingly active role in the Middle East as states within the region continue to diversify their relations with major external powers. Yet the role of specific Russian regions, especially those that share an ‘Islamic identity’ with the GCC has been overlooked.
In this book Diana Galeeva examines the relations between the Gulf States and Russia from the Soviet era to the present day. Using the Republic of Tatarstan, one of Russia’s Muslim polities as a case study, Galeeva demonstrates the emergence of relations between modern Tatarstan and the GCC States, evolving from concerns with economic survival to a rising paradiplomacy reliant on shared Islamic identities.
Having conducted fieldwork in the Muslim Republics of Tatarstan, Bashkortostan and Dagestan, the book includes interviews with high-ranking political figures, heads of religious organisations and academics. Moving beyond solely economic and geopolitical considerations, the research in this book sheds light on the increasingly important role that culture and shared Islamic identity play in paradiplomacy efforts.