The vertical power of Putin in re-sovietisation of Eurasia: A case study of Ukraine

Abstract

This research aims to gain an understanding of Putin’s leadership in pursuing a prominent global role. While rejecting the Western values, he believes in Russia’s unique identity and its glory of the past due to which the goals and objectives are formed such a way to have the Soviet prestige back, such as the re-sovietisation of its former republics particularly Ukraine under Russia. Putin has been building its strength in not only domestic affairs but majorly in the international arena. From the military adventures and the annexation of its lost territories to the engaging in geo-economics and geo-political relations with the world mostly with the Eurasian regions, he has prominently set out his foreign policy goals. He is trying to achieve a central position in the world by using his political ideology and leadership as a source of his vertical power to affluence in the new geo-strategic and economic pole of Eurasia