TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-Western Responses to Russia’s War in Ukraine
T2 - Learning from Indonesia
AU - Dharmaputra, Radityo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Using Indonesia, one of the leading voices in the so-called Global South, I trace the diverse narratives of non-Western elites on interpreting the war in Ukraine, the relationship between Russia and the “non-Western” world, and the NATO factors. The lack of knowledge about Russia and Ukraine, coupled with the strong anti-Western sentiment, has created a more pro-Russian sentiment in the Indonesian narratives about the war. This tendency was made stronger by the postcolonial thinking in Indonesian elite discourse, creating an ‘understander’ narrative rooted in the local postcolonial history instead of being driven by external, material factors.
AB - Using Indonesia, one of the leading voices in the so-called Global South, I trace the diverse narratives of non-Western elites on interpreting the war in Ukraine, the relationship between Russia and the “non-Western” world, and the NATO factors. The lack of knowledge about Russia and Ukraine, coupled with the strong anti-Western sentiment, has created a more pro-Russian sentiment in the Indonesian narratives about the war. This tendency was made stronger by the postcolonial thinking in Indonesian elite discourse, creating an ‘understander’ narrative rooted in the local postcolonial history instead of being driven by external, material factors.
KW - Global South
KW - Indonesia
KW - Russia’s war in Ukraine
KW - postcolonial thinking
KW - pro-Russian narrative
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85167343042&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5937/jrs18-41779
DO - 10.5937/jrs18-41779
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85167343042
SN - 2217-995X
VL - 18
SP - 59
EP - 68
JO - Journal of Regional Security
JF - Journal of Regional Security
IS - 1
ER -