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The Tripartite Realist War: Analysing Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

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Authors:
  1. Danny Singh

    1. Humanities and Social Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK

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  • Explains why international condemnation and sanctions will not put an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
  • Applies international relations theory to an analysis of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
  • Examines the role of international organisations that will be of interest to security experts

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The book offers a detailed analysis on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A book needs to be written on this to make sense, from a theoretical perspective, why this invasion has occurred and what the main actors are pursuing. The originality rests on testing main international relations theories: realism, liberalism and constructivism to the war that emerges with the practices and approaches during the Cold War to date from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the Soviet Union (and now Russia) and Ukraine. The monograph commences with a historical overview of NATO and how it has engaged in expansionism policy to further contain Russia in contemporary international affairs with the accession of additional former Soviet states. This helps to explain the current Russian invasion of Ukraine that would attract great readership. The main argument presented rests on the pursuance of realist interests by NATO, Ukraine and Russia for containment, national security interests and as a response to the security dilemma respectively. This has served as the main catalyst of this conflict that has made diplomacy, international law and collective security measures problematic to implement.


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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Danny Singh
    Pages 1-6

  3. Main International Relations Theories

    • Danny Singh
    Pages 7-65

  4. NATO During the Cold War and Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    • Danny Singh
    Pages 67-82

  5. Ukrainian Desire for Political Autonomy and NATO Accession

    • Danny Singh
    Pages 83-120

  6. Russian Responses, the Invasion, Sanctions and International Law

    • Danny Singh
    Pages 121-207

  7. Conclusion

    • Danny Singh
    Pages 209-216

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 217-262
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Reviews

“Danny Singh’s latest book provides a timely analysis of the war in Ukraine. Drawing on detailed political history of the region and theories of international relations, he maintains that the realist doctrine of self-interest on the part of state actors best explains the major decisions made by Ukraine, Russia, and NATO, while liberal idealism explains little. Singh hopes that an accurate account of why the war was begun would help it come to an end.” (Thaddeus Metz, University of Pretoria, Pretoria)

“Danny Singh offers a persuasive, multi-layered exploration that makes for great reading. It is a compelling, fresh, and fascinating text. Singh has done the international community a service by offering an account with a remarkable balance, which is exactly what is badly missing right now.” (Georgios A. Antonopoulos, Northumbria University, Newcastle)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Humanities and Social Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK

    Danny Singh

About the author

Danny Singh is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Teesside University, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Tripartite Realist War: Analysing Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

  • Authors: Danny Singh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34163-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-34162-5Published: 03 July 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-34165-6Due: 03 August 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-34163-2Published: 02 July 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 262

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: International Relations Theory, International Security Studies

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