Ethnic Resources of Tuva in National Policy Scenarios
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https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2022.2.13Keywords:
transborder areas; ethnic facrtor; national policy; Tuva; MongoliaAbstract
The borderlands often make up a new transborder entity featuring unique social, cultural and political resources that may be ethnically tinged when those areas are inhabited by transborder or culturally similar ethnic minorities. Although researchers have long been interested in borderlands, the role of the ethnic factor in their rise and life has so far rarely been a subject of systematic research. This article focuses on the ethnic potential of Russian Federation’s Republic of Tuva that borders Mongolia and has close historical connections with China.
Elaborating on the current practices of its leverage, the author arrives at a paradox: despite having a significant ethnic capability of Tuva under its control, the state currently makes very little use of it. The article argues that the real reason behind this paradox is the reluctance to accept the otherness of the border area population. This otherness is often seen as a threat instead of embracing it with all the cultural difference it entails.
The article proposes a shift in borderlands policy and suggests a set of measures for incorporating the ethnic capability of the Tuvan borderlands into the single cultural, economic and political space of the country.
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Mikhalev M. S. Etnicheskii potentsial Respubliki Tuva v stsenariiakh gosudarstvennoi politiki [Ethnic Resources of Tuva in National Policy Scenarios]. New Research of Tuva, 2022, no. 2, pp. 188-197. (In Russ.). DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.25178/nit.2022.2.13
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Maxim S. Mikhalev, Russian State University for the Humanities
Doctor of History, Full Professor, Center for Social Anthropology, Russian State University for the Humanities.
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