Editing Geopolitics (section)

== Russia ==
The geopolitical stance adopted by Russia has traditionally been informed by a Eurasian perspective, and Russia's location provides a degree of continuity between the Tsarist and Soviet geostrategic stance and the position of Russia in the international order.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lewkowicz|first=Nicolas|title=The United States, the Soviet Union and the Geopolitical Implications of the Origins of the Cold War|publisher=Anthem Press|year=2018|isbn=9781783087990|location=New York|pages=136}}</ref> In the 1990s, a senior researcher at the [[Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences]] of the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]], Vadim Tsymbursky (1957–2009), coined the term "island-Russia" and developed the "Great [[Limitrophe states|Limitrophe]]" concept.

Colonel-General [[Leonid Ivashov]] (retired), a Russian geopolitics specialist of the early 21st century, headed the Academy of Geopolitical Problems ({{langx |ru| Академия геополитических проблем}}), which analyzes the international and domestic situations and develops geopolitical doctrine.  Earlier, he headed the Main Directorate for International Military Cooperation of the [[Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation]].

Vladimir Karyakin, leading researcher at the [[Russian Institute for Strategic Studies]], has proposed the term "geopolitics of the third wave".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Карякин|first=В. В.|title=Геополитика третьей волны: трансформация мира в эпоху Постмодерна|date=2013|publisher=Граница |isbn=978-5-94691-563-2|language=ru|oclc=878676552}}</ref>{{clarify|date=February 2017|reason=Summary needed, rather than the gobbledygook I removed}}

[[Aleksandr Dugin]], a Russian political analyst who has developed a close relationship with Russia's Academy of the General Staff wrote ''"[[The Foundations of Geopolitics|The Foundations of Geopolitics: The Geopolitical Future of Russia]]"'' in 1997, which has had a large influence within the Russian military, police, and foreign policy elites <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/27/geopolitics-russia-mackinder-eurasia-heartland-dugin-ukraine-eurasianism-manifest-destiny-putin/|title=The Unlikely Origins of Russia's Manifest Destiny|website=Foreign Policy|date=27 July 2016 |access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref> and it has been used as a textbook in the [[General Staff Academy (Russia)|Academy of the General Staff]] of the Russian military.<ref name="HI01">{{cite web|url=http://www.hoover.org/research/russias-new-and-frightening-ism|title=Russia's New—and Frightening—"Ism"|last=Dunlop|first=John B.|date=July 30, 2004|work=Hoover Institution|access-date=12 October 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0"/> Its publication in 1997 was well received in Russia and powerful Russian political figures subsequently took an interest in Dugin.<ref name="Liverant">{{cite journal|last=Liverant|first=Yigal|date=Winter 2009|title=The Prophet of the New Russian Empire|journal=Azure|publisher=Shalem Center|location=Jerusalem|issue=35|issn=0793-6664|url=http://azure.org.il/include/print.php?id=483|access-date=2015-04-06}}</ref>