Sacralised populism and neocolonial discourse: Russia and Türkiye’s challenge to liberal order

Gafarov O., Roknifard J.

THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.1-17, 2025 (SSCI, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 1 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Dergi Adı: THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), IBZ Online, American History and Life, Educational research abstracts (ERA), Geobase, Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, Political Science Complete, Public Administration Abstracts, Public Affairs Index, Social Sciences Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-17
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this study is to explore how the new type of populist dis-course is constructed by Türkiye and Russia not only in domestic politics,but more importantly in their foreign policy where they extend thoserespective discourses to a wider audience – the international commu-nity. We examine how both countries sacralise politics, moralise foreignpolicy, and reconfigure their alliances accordingly. The main premise ofthe paper is that for the past 15 years, populism, normally used fordomestic consumption, extended its reach into foreign policy, whilethe two dimensions became mutually reinforcing in the two cases welook into. From a more traditional point of view, populism, even if pro-jected into foreign policy, is meant to score political points at home,however it now demonstrates potential to emerge as a phenomenonof politics at the international level.