Russia and ukraine
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In February 2022, Russian missiles rained on Ukrainian cities, and tanks rolled towards Kyiv to end Ukrainian independent statehood. President Zelensky declined a Western evacuation offer and Ukrainians rallied to defend their country. What are the roots of this war, which has upended the international legal order and brought back the spectre of nuclear escalation? How did these supposedly “brotherly peoples” become each other’s worst nightmare?
In Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States, Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel explain how since 1991 Russia and Ukraine diverged politically, ending up on a collision course. Russia slid back into authoritarianism and imperialism, while Ukraine consolidated a competitive political system and pro-European identity. As Ukraine built a democratic nation-state, Russia refused to accept it and came to see it as an “anti-Russia” project. After political and economic pressure proved ineffective, and even counterproductive, Putin went to war to force Ukraine back into the fold of the “Russian world.” Ukraine resisted, determined to pursue European integration as a sovereign state. These irreconcilable goals, rather than geopolitical wrangling between Russia and the West over NATO expansion, are – the authors argue – essential to understanding Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 24 november 2023
Aantal pagina's: 288
Hoofdauteur: Maria Popova
Tweede Auteur: Oxana Shevel
Hoofduitgeverij: Polity Press
Product breedte: 158 mm
Product hoogte: 25 mm
Product lengte: 231 mm
Verpakking breedte: 158 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 25 mm
Verpakking lengte: 231 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 544 g
EAN: 9781509557363