地緣政治的草原傳統：對後蘇聯再帝化的影響

Abstract

本論文探討了亞歷山大·莫蒂爾關於後蘇聯時期俄羅斯的再帝國化理論。本文的目的是解釋俄羅斯如何能夠成功地實現再帝國化，儘管莫蒂爾預測再帝國化不會成功。本文從制度主義的角度檢視蘇聯，強調蘇聯「帝國」與先前草原帝國的製度連續性。為此，本文採用國家發展的草原傳統作為俄羅斯成功再帝國化的解釋架構。

This thesis examines Alexander Motyl’s theory of Reimperialization with regard to Post-Soviet Russia. The objective of this thesis is to explain the means by which Russia was able to successfully reimperialize despite Motyl’s predictions of unsuccessful reimperialization. The thesis examines the Soviet Union from an institutionalist point of view, emphasising the institutional continuity between the Soviet “Empire” and previous Steppe Empires. In doing so, this thesis adopts the Steppe Tradition of State Development as an explanatory framework for Russia’s successful reimperialization.