Articles by Marlene Laruelle

May 30, 2022

🌊 To understand today's social and moral transformation, study illiberalism

Marlene Laruelle

Using the lens of illiberalism, writes Marlene Laruelle, we can explore the emergence of a new rightist resistance to the current social and moral order. Illiberalism interacts on a permanent basis with liberalism, and is a byproduct of neoliberal ideologies

Marlene Laruelle

Director and Research Professor, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), The George Washington University

Marlene works on the rise of populist and illiberal movements in post-Soviet Eurasia and Europe.

Trained in political philosophy, she explores how nationalism and conservative values are becoming mainstream in different cultural contexts.

Marlene has been focusing on Russia's ideological landscape and its outreach abroad.

She has also been working on Central Asia's nationhood and regional environment, and on Russia's Arctic policy.

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