Frontline Ukraine

Informationen zum Autor Richard Sakwa is Emeritus Professor of Russian and European Politics and Head of the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, UK. He is author of The Putin Paradox (2020), Putin and the Oligarch: The Khodorkovsky-Yukos Affair (2014), The Crisis of Russian Democracy (2010) and Russian Politics and Society (2008). Klappentext The unfolding crisis in Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of a new Cold War. As Russia and Ukraine tussle for Crimea and the eastern regions, relations between Putin and the West have reached an all-time low. How did we get here? Richard Sakwa here unpicks the context of conflicted Ukrainian identity and of Russo-Ukrainian relations and traces the path to the recent disturbances through the events which have forced Ukraine, a country internally divided between East and West, to choose between closer union with Europe or its historic ties with Russia. In providing the first full account of the ongoing crisis, Sakwa analyses the origins and significance of the Euromaidan Protests, examines the controversial Russian military intervention and annexation of Crimea, reveals the extent of the catastrophe of the MH17 disaster and looks at possible ways forward following the October 2014 parliamentary elections. In doing so, he explains the origins, developments and global significance of the internal and external battle for Ukraine.With all eyes focused on the region, Sakwa unravels the myths and misunderstandings of the situation, providing an essential and highly readable account of the struggle for Europe's contested borderlands. Zusammenfassung The unfolding crisis in Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of a new Cold War. As Russia and Ukraine tussle for Crimea and the eastern regions, relations between Putin and the West have reached an all-time low. How did we get here? Richard Sakwa here unpicks the context of conflicted Ukrainian identity and of Russo-Ukrainian relations and traces the path to the recent disturbances through the events which have forced Ukraine, a country internally divided between East and West, to choose between closer union with Europe or its historic ties with Russia. In providing the first full account of the ongoing crisis, Sakwa analyses the origins and significance of the Euromaidan Protests, examines the controversial Russian military intervention and annexation of Crimea, reveals the extent of the catastrophe of the MH17 disaster and looks at possible ways forward following the October 2014 parliamentary elections. In doing so, he explains the origins, developments and global significance of the internal and external battle for Ukraine.With all eyes focused on the region, Sakwa unravels the myths and misunderstandings of the situation, providing an essential and highly readable account of the struggle for Europe's contested borderlands. Inhaltsverzeichnis Note on Transliteration and TranslationPrefaceMapsCountdown to ConfrontationTwo EuropesUkraine ContestedThe February RevolutionThe Crimean GambitWhen History Comes CallingThe Novorossiya RebellionWorlds in CollisionFrontline PoliticsThe Future of UkraineList of AbbreviationsNotesSelect BiographyIndex...

Autorentext

Richard Sakwa is Emeritus Professor of Russian and European Politics and Head of the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, UK. He is author of The Putin Paradox (2020), Putin and the Oligarch: The Khodorkovsky-Yukos Affair (2014), The Crisis of Russian Democracy (2010) and Russian Politics and Society (2008).

Klappentext

The unfolding crisis in Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of a new Cold War. As Russia and Ukraine tussle for Crimea and the eastern regions, relations between Putin and the West have reached an all-time low. How did we get here? Richard Sakwa here unpicks the context of conflicted Ukrainian identity and of Russo-Ukrainian relations and traces the path to the recent disturbances through the events which have forced Ukraine, a country internally divided between East and West, to choose between closer union with Europe or its historic ties with Russia. In providing the first full account of the ongoing crisis, Sakwa analyses the origins and significance of the Euromaidan Protests, examines the controversial Russian military intervention and annexation of Crimea, reveals the extent of the catastrophe of the MH17 disaster and looks at possible ways forward following the October 2014 parliamentary elections. In doing so, he explains the origins, developments and global significance of the internal and external battle for Ukraine.With all eyes focused on the region, Sakwa unravels the myths and misunderstandings of the situation, providing an essential and highly readable account of the struggle for Europe's contested borderlands.

Inhalt

Note on Transliteration and Translation
Preface
Maps

Countdown to Confrontation
Two Europes
Ukraine Contested
The February Revolution
The Crimean Gambit
When History Comes Calling
The Novorossiya Rebellion
Worlds in Collision
Frontline Politics
The Future of Ukraine

List of Abbreviations
Notes
Select Biography
Index