The interstate conflict dynamics in post-Soviet space in light of the new Russian doctrine for "Humanitarian foreign policy" aiming to defend the so-called Russian World. Unfortunately, the debate is in Slovak; hence my apologies to the English-speaking audience, but I summarised a few takeaways.

The conflicts in the post-Soviet space are similar to the ones in the post-Colonial World. Russian Tzars/Soviet leaders created artificial administrative centres without further consideration of the ethnicities, historical borders and other essential issues of the territories they claimed. As a result, when the Soviet Union collapsed, these administrative territories became states and "entrapped" various minorities or clans inside of the closed political systems, often resulting in intra and interstate conflicts in the entire post-Colonial World - Eurasia not being an exemption.

Furthermore, Russian preoccupation with Ukraine can be used by other actors such as Turkey(Azerbaijan), the EU (Azerbaijan/ Armenia), or even China (Central Asia) to increase their influence in these territories. However, it is too soon to make any assessments about the nature of the current tensions in Eurasia, and the subsequent settlements will likely offer hints about the interests behind these events.

And last but not least, the latest Russian soft-power doctrine demonstrates the Russian will to remain a decisive force in its former territories. However, with a toolkit of the efficient Russian soft power largely absent, the hard power is the only power of "attraction" of the so-called Russian World with the Kremlin at its centre.

The whole discussion in Slovak: https://lnkd.in/dgh6q67i