Format:
1 Online-Ressource (272 p)
ISBN:
9781138924093
Series Statement:
Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- PART I: International relations -- 1. Assisted suicide: internal and external causes of the Ukrainian Crisis -- Notes -- 2. Caught between Russia and NATO: the EU during and after the Ukrainian Crisis -- A brief history of EU-Russian relations -- What next? -- Notes -- 3. Belarus in the 'new Cold War': a promising mediator? -- Mediating in the 'new Cold War' -- Features of the emerging confrontation
Content:
Belarus's opportunities in today's 'Cold War' -- Setting the table for a way out of the Ukraine crisis? -- Belarus's handling of the Ukraine war -- Mediating in big power politics? -- Notes -- References -- 4. The crisis in Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora: February-December 2014 -- The Ukrainian diaspora: a historical overview -- Reaction to the annexation of Crimea and the war in the Donbas: Ukrainians in the West -- The Ukrainian diaspora in Russia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- PART II: Military -- 5. Brothers disunited: Russia's use of military power in Ukraine
Content:
Russia's strategic and operational advantages on the eve of conflict -- 'Limited warfare' in two distinctive theatres -- Notes -- 6. Explaining the Ukrainian Army's defeat in Donbass in 2014 -- Background -- Russian support for the rebels -- Superior motivation of rebel troops -- Conclusion -- Notes -- PART III: Economic and social conditions -- 7. Western economic sanctions and East-West economic orientation of Russia -- Western sanctions and their impact -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 8. Lost and forgotten: the conflict through the eyes of the Donbass people -- Introduction
Content:
From Maidan to Donbass: understanding the roots of the Donbass protests -- The civilian population in the midst of a war: lost and forgotten -- Notes -- PART IV: Image and perception -- 9. Setting the tone: misinformation and disinformation from Kyiv, Moscow, Washington and Brussels in 2014 -- Choosing sides -- Coup d'état in Kyiv -- A coup of their own -- The blame game -- Isolating Russia -- Demonization of Vladimir Putin -- Competing disinformation -- Russian forces 'amassing' on the Ukrainian border - or somewhere -- The numbers game and information dissemination -- Crimea as Kosovo
Content:
Growing anti-Americanism in Russia -- Generating fear and loathing of Russia in Ukraine -- The Battalions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 10. Shaping new narratives: how new histories are created -- Notes -- 11. German attitudes towards Russia: the post-Maidan era in context -- Germany in context -- Dialogue and mediation -- Historical continuities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 12. The Maidan massacre in Ukraine: a summary of analysis, evidence and findings -- Notes -- PART V: Preference points -- 13. Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 14. Minsk II Agreement, 12 February 2015 -- Notes -- Signatories -- Note
Content:
15. Chronology of Key Events to Minsk II
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Additional Edition:
9781317409533
Additional Edition:
9781138924093
Additional Edition:
Print version Black, J. L The Return of the Cold War : Ukraine, The West and Russia : Taylor and Francis,c2016 9781138924093
Language:
English
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