Political Concepts as an Important Discursive Instrument for the Indirect Formation of Global and Regional Leadership

В статье рассматривается политический концепт, который является ключевым лингвистическим инструментом в формировании глобального и регионального лидерства и становится наиболее перспективным объектом исследования в рамках политической лингвистики. The political concepts rooted in the culturally specific psychology, collective memory, religious beliefs and historical traditions, are sure to influence political communication and facilitate the formation of legitimacy of state power on the non-linguistic level.This article examines the role of political concepts in shaping global and regional leadership. It is noted that as an important discursive element characterizing, expressing and manifesting the basic values of the state, the political concept is the key linguistic tool for the formation of global and regional leadership and becomes the most promising object of research within the framework of political linguistics. The article suggests looking at this phenomenon through the prism of the discursive field within the SCO created by Russia as a way of fixing new concepts oriented towards the regional leadership of the country. It is shown that Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken the initiative of conceptualization of the process of formation of the “Great Eurasian Partnership”. Through the intersubjective interpretation of this political concept by way of formation of discursive acts it influences the discursive construction of the adoption of the idea of Eurasian economic integration by the member states. This explains the peculiarities of the discourse and the interests of the Russian Federation within the SCO.