Glenn Diesen
Glenn Diesen is a Norwegian-born researcher specializing in the fields of international relations. He is currently a professor at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. Professor Diesen received his PhDs from VU University Amsterdam and Macquarie University.
Diesen is a specialist in neoclassical realist theory[1], the geoeconomics of Russia and Greater Eurasia, and neomodernist political philosophy. Diesen's first book, 'EU and NATO Relations with Russia: After the Collapse of the Soviet Union' (2015)[2] explored the failure to create a Greater Europe after the Cold War. Informed by neoclassical realist theory, Diesen views political decision-makers as 'rational' to the extent they act in accordance with the balance of power logic. Ideology and institutions are therefore useful to the extent they contribute to mobilise resources towards this end. Diesen argues that NATO's policies towards Russia after the Cold War have been 'irrational' and informed by liberal delusion, as ideology and institutions prevent the West from acting in accordance with the balance of power logic.
Diesen's second book, 'Russia's Geoeconomic Strategy for a Greater Eurasia' (2017)[3] explored Moscow's abandonment of its Greater Europe initiative after the Ukraine crisis in 2014 and embrace of Greater Eurasia. Diesen views Russia's new geoeconomic approach to Eurasianism as an inter-regionalist format for globalisation. Russia's geoeconomics for Greater Eurasia aims to deprive Western maritime powers of their 500 years of dominance from the periphery of Europe, as Diesen argues "the foundations of an Eurasian core can create a gravitational pull to draw the rimland towards the centre".[4] Asia Times notes that Diesen views the fragmentation of the international economic system into regions as a source of stability due to the improved symmetry of dependence and a balance of power.[5] Diesen conceptualises the balance of power in geoeconomic terms as a 'balance of dependence' [6] The Eurasian Economic Union is instrumental for Russia and the post-Soviet space to establish a balance of dependence with China and the EU.[7] While China is emerging as the principal partner for Russia, Diesen argues that Moscow remains concerned about asymmetrical dependence.[8]
Diesen's third book, 'The Decay of Western Civilisation and Resurgence of Russia: Between Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft' (2018)[9], delves further into the political and economic philosophy of Russia's new Eurasianism. Diesen argues that Russia is reasserting its ideological soft power as an "international conservative leader".[10]. The main argument is that excessive political and economic liberalism in the West has unravelled the former balance between liberalism and conservatism as the source of civilisational stability. Russia subsequently returns to its pre-communist role as an anchor to the traditional for European classical conservatives.[11]
Professor Diesen is the author of several books and journal articles on Russia's approach to European and Eurasian integration. Diesen writes for Valdai, Russia in Global Affairs, Lowy Institute, and the Russian International Affairs Council. Diesen is also a political commentator who regularly contributes at RT (TV network) and other media outlets.
Journal Articles
The Geoeconomics of the Russian–Japanese Territorial Dispute, Asian Survey
The offensive posture of NATO's missile defence system, Communist and Post-Communist Studies
The EU, Russia and the Manichean Trap, Cambridge Review of International Affairs
The two-tiered division of Ukraine: historical narratives in nation-building and region-building, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies
Eurasian encounters: the Eurasian Economic Union and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, European Politics and Society
Divided we stand: the US foreign policy bureaucracy and nation-building in Afghanistan, International Peacekeeping
Constraining missile defence, Defense & Security Analysis
Russia's proposal for a new security system: confirming diverse perspectives, Australian Journal of International Affairs
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- ↑ Smith, Nicholas Ross (2018). "Can Neoclassical Realism Become a Genuine Theory of International Relations?Squandered Opportunity: Neoclassical Realism and Iranian Foreign Policy. By Thomas Juneau. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2015.EU and NATO Relations with Russia: After the Collapse of the Soviet Union. By Glenn Diesen. Abingdon: Routledge, 2016.Neoclassical Realist Theory of International Politics. By Norrin M. Ripsman, Jeffrey W. Taliaferro, and Steven E. Lobell. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016". The Journal of Politics. 80 (2): 742–749. doi:10.1086/696882.
- ↑ Diesen, Glenn (2017-04-30). Eu and NATO Relations with Russia: After the Collapse of the Soviet Union. ISBN 978-1138063273. Search this book on
- ↑ Diesen, Glenn (2017-07-05). Russia's Geoeconomic Strategy for a Greater Eurasia. ISBN 978-0415791687. Search this book on
- ↑ "Back in the (Great) Game: The Revenge of Eurasian Land Powers". 2018-08-29.
- ↑ "How Singapore, Astana and St Petersburg preview a new world order". Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ↑ "View of Russia's Geoeconomic Strategy for a Greater Eurasia | Nordisk Østforum".
- ↑ "Vers un nouvel internationalisme ?". 2018-07-25.
- ↑ "China's Use of Geoeconomic Power in Eurasia". 2018-05-23.
- ↑ Diesen, Glenn (2018-08-08). The Decay of Western Civilisation and Resurgence of Russia: Between Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft. ISBN 978-1138500327. Search this book on
- ↑ "'Russia Has Emerged as an International Conservative Leader' - Academic".
- ↑ "Проект Большой Европы провалился – Россия и Китай пробуют создать коллективное лидерство".
