Ksenia Radchenkova presented her paper “Sovereignty Discourse Instrumentalization: Cases of Russia and China” at two conferences this autumn: on 29 November at the conference "Pushing Back Against the Enemies of Democracy" organized by the Austrian Political Science Association and on 30 September at the Legal Potentials Conference "Law and Politics in a Polarized World" organized by ARS Iuris at the University of Vienna.
In 2024, more than half of the world's population live in countries where nationwide elections are held. Lines of social conflict are revealed with particular clarity as a result. The public narrative paints a picture of an irreconcilable and divided society in which communication between the increasingly fragmented sub-publics comes to a standstill and some groups abandon the common democratic system altogether. Against this backdrop, arises the question of the relationship between law and politics in a conflict-ridden world. The article “Sovereignty Discourse Instrumentalization: Cases of Russia and China” provides a distinctive answer to this question.