The Pause in the Ukraine War Is Not Putin’s Victory
(Eurasia Daily Monitor) The tragic battles around Donetsk and Luhansk (collectively known as the Donbas region) have taken a pause, and as civilians try to rebuild a semblance of normal…
Posts by tag
Ukraine
681 posts
Novorossiya: A Launching Pad for Russian Nationalists
The Ukraine crisis is a game changer for Russia’s domestic landscape. One of the most eloquent engines of this is the spread of the concept of “Novorossiya,” or New Russia.…
After the Ukraine-Russia War: Is There a Sustainable Solution?
The “Bosnia-zation” of Ukraine or the “Transnistria-zation” of the Donbas are the options Russian President Vladimir Putin seek to impose on Ukraine. He prefers the first option, as it ensures…
Pro et Contra: Views of the United States in Four Post-Soviet States
(Co-authored by Theodore Gerber and Jane Zavisca) Rising tensions between Russia and the West make public perceptions of the United States in the post-Soviet region an important policy issue. Positive…
Ukraine’s Future Security: What are the Options?
The events of the last several months have proven that all existing mechanisms and arrangements to provide for Ukraine’s security have been ineffective. The country has found itself in limbo,…
Azerbaijan’s Balancing Act in the Ukraine Crisis
The crisis in Ukraine that began with the Euromaidan movement and flight of President Viktor Yanukovych put the Azerbaijani government in an uncomfortable position. For the last few years, Baku…
Domestic Sources of the Donbas Insurgency
The armed conflict in the Donbas has been widely portrayed in Western policy circles and mainstream media as a result of Russia’s covert military aggression against Ukraine with little local…
The Ukraine Crisis: Repercussions for Georgia
Russia’s annexation of Crimea is reshaping the geopolitical map of Europe and sending ripples of apprehension across the South Caucasus and wider Black Sea region. Amid Moscow’s direct involvement in…
Approaches to State- and Nation-Building in Russia’s Ukraine Policy
A characteristic picture of Western media evaluations of Russian foreign policy toward Ukraine (and the post-Soviet space more generally) can be discerned in the questions of French journalists to Russian…
Exceptions Prove the Rule: Ukraine, Iraq, and the Fate of International Borders
Just months apart, the implosions of Ukraine and Iraq have alarmed many policymakers, journalists, and international affairs experts who worry that the modern state and its borders are on the…