SGER: The Impacts of the September 11, 2001, Attacks and Response on Russian Geopolitical Culture

自苏联解体以来，俄罗斯一直在努力确定自己在世界政治事务中的新角色。 通过俄罗斯政治文化向民主制度的转变，俄罗斯公民的意见在这一过程中发挥着越来越重要的作用。 然而，学术界很少关注俄罗斯政府的行动与公民的态度的比较，这主要是因为缺乏公民观点和观点的数据。 2001年9月11日对美国的恐怖袭击以及随后的反应，特别是美国-美国领导的对阿富汗塔利班政府和恐怖分子的袭击，使俄罗斯政府的政策发生了巨大的变化，无论是通过俄罗斯直接参与多国反恐联盟，还是通过批准美国军队驻扎在前苏联的国家。 然而，普京政府的这些新政策和行动在多大程度上与俄罗斯人民的态度相一致，这是不确定的。 这项探索性研究的小额赠款将通过在俄罗斯公民家中进行1，600次面对面的访谈，评估俄罗斯正式政策与俄罗斯公民意见之间的关系。 这项30分钟的调查将由俄罗斯最大的公共调查机构进行，将从全国分布的居民群体中抽取样本。 这些调查将调查俄罗斯公民对美国遭受恐怖袭击的反应以及对这些袭击的反应。 这项研究的一个主要重点是俄罗斯公民在多大程度上同意普京政府的行动和政策，以及公民对俄罗斯在反恐联盟和世界事务中的未来作用的偏好。 还将收集关于社会经济特征、意识形态和答复者的政治偏好的信息，以便更好地评估调查答复。 调查结果的误差幅度为+/-3.8%。 调查结果及其分析将通过学术出版物和在重要会议上的发言进行传播，这一项目将提供关于俄罗斯政府的行动在多大程度上基于大多数俄罗斯人民的民意的宝贵信息。 调查数据和分析将为俄罗斯政治文化的演变性质以及俄罗斯在世界事务中的真实的和理想的地位的学术讨论提供信息，也将为从事外交政策制定的美国官员提供有价值的新见解。

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia has struggled to define a new role for itself in world political affairs. Through the transformation of Russian political culture into a democratic system, the opinions of Russian citizens have come to play an increasingly important role in that process. Relatively little scholarly attention has been given to comparing the actions of the Russian government with the attitudes of its citizens, however, largely because of the absence of data on citizen perspectives and views. The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S. and the ensuing responses, particularly the U.S.-led attacks on the Taliban government and terrorists in Afghanistan, created dramatic shifts in Russian governmental policy, however, both through direct participation by Russian in the multi-national anti-terrorist coalition and through its approval of the stationing of U.S. troops in nations formerly part of the Soviet Union. The degree to which these new policies and actions of the Putin administration coincide with the attitudes of the Russian people is uncertain, however. This Small Grant for Exploratory Research will assess the relationship between formal Russian policies and the opinions of Russian citizens through the conduct 1,600 face-to-face interviews in the homes of Russian citizens. The 30-minute surveys, which will be conducted by the largest public surveying organization in Russia, will be draw from a nationally distributed cluster sample of residents. The surveys will probe the reactions of Russian citizens to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. and on responses to those attacks. A major emphasis in this study is on the degree to which Russian citizens concur with actions and policies of the Putin administration and to the citizens' preferred future role of Russia in the anti-terrorist coalition and in world affairs in general. Information also will be elicited on socioeconomic characteristics, ideology, and political preferences of responders in order to better assess survey responses. Survey results will have a margin of error of +/- 3.8 percent. The results of this survey and its analysis will be disseminated through scholarly publications and through presentations at major meetings.This project will provide valuable information about the degree to which the actions of Russia's government are based on popular opinions shared by a majority of the Russian people. Survey data and analyses will inform scholarly discussions of the evolving nature of Russian political culture and Russia's real and desired place in world affairs, and it will also provide new insights of value to U.S. officials engaged in foreign policy making.