RUSSIAN GEOPOLITICAL CULTURE IN THE WAKE OF 9-11.

In December 2001, the National Science Foundation funded a small grant for expeditious research (SGER) proposal by Dr Gerard Toal (Gearóid Ó Tuathail), School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech, Dr John O'Loughlin, Institute of Behavioral Science and Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder and Dr Vladimir Kolossov, Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks (also pictured above with the researchers in St Petersburg in May 2003 is Dr David Newman). A research visit to Moscow in January 2002 set up a public opinion survey which was conducted by FOM in April 2002. The research results were written up in 2002-2006. The publications are listed below. The project has formally concluded.

RUSSIA & 9/11 RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (in order of publication).

John O'Loughlin, Gearóid Ó Tuathail, Vladimir Kolossov (2004). A Risky Westward Turn? Putin's 9-11 Script and Ordinary Russians. Europe-Asia Studies. 56, 1, 3-34.

John O'Loughlin, Gearóid Ó Tuathail, Vladimir Kolossov (2004) Russian Geopolitical Storylines and Public Opinion in the Wake of 9-11: A Critical Geopolitical Analysis and National Survey. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 37, 3, 281-318. Available through Elsevier's Science Direct.

John O'Loughlin, Gearóid Ó Tuathail, Vladimir Kolossov (2005) Russian Geopolitical Culture in the Post 9/11 Era: The Masks of Proteus Revisited. Transactions, Institute of British Geographers 30, 322-335.

J. O’Loughlin, G. Ó Tuathail, V. Kolossov (2006) The Geopolitical Orientations of Ordinary Russians: A Public Opinion Analysis. Eurasian Geography and Economics 47, 158-181. Available through IngentaConnect.com

John O'Loughlin, Gearóid Ó Tuathail, Vladimir Kolossov (2006) The Wars on Terrorism and Russian Public Opinion: Individual and Contextual Influences. Manuscript under review.