Geopolitics Quarterly

Geopolitics Quarterly

Politics of Memory, Genealogy and Narrating; Russia's Behavioral and Competitive Pattern with Western Countries in Africa

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Motahareh Moradian Sorkhi 1
Nasser Khorshidi 2
1 University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, Iran.
2 PhD Student Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/igq.2024.441903.1864
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to explain the nature of Russia's competitive pattern with Western countries in Africa. It seems that Russia has taken advantage of the “Politics of memory strategy “to expand its influence and to weaken the position of Western countries in Africa. This paper tends to explain why and how the Russian authorities have adopted this behavior to compete with European countries in this continent? The hypothesis is that Russia tries to represent the experience of colonialism to revive the memory of anti-colonialism, through "narratives" using the "genealogy method”. By using the qualitative analysis method, the authors try to prove the research hypotheses. This research covers the African continent between 2019 and 2023, although due to the nature of the research, the Cold War period have also been examined.     
Keywords
Africa
Genealogy
Russia
Politics of Memory
Western Countries

Subjects

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Geopolitics Quarterly
Volume 21, Issue 2
Summer 2025
Pages 100-121

  • Receive Date 28 May 2024
  • Revise Date 03 October 2024
  • Accept Date 09 October 2024