Abstract:At the beginning of the 21st century,the wave of Color Revolution quickly swept through the post-Soviet space and caused a wide range of political instability within Eurasia. Over the years,the academic circles at home and abroad have carriedout in-depth studies on the Color Revolution’s rise and spread,but rarely on its fading. This paper starts with the question of how does the Color Revolution fade,use the method of clear set qualitative comparative analysis,and selects 11 case countries in the post-Soviet space to carry on the comparative political research. This paper finds that the successful paths of Color Revolution fading have four connotations:first,to adapt to the influence of external pressure with the interests of resources and geography;second,the Weak States use rent-seeking relationship to strengthen the control of domestic elite groups,which is reflected in three rent-seeking modes of resource-economy,power sharing and elite coercion;third,to unite the international and domestic forces to resolutely resist external pressure;fourth,to build a comprehensive defense against the risk of Color Revolution. By comparing the commonness of these four paths,we come to the conclusion that the tough attitude of the regime is a necessary condition for one country to deter the Color Revolution;the absence of external pressure,the effective integration of the elites and the marginalization of the opposition are the three core conditions that contributed to the Color Revolution fading.
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