Russia, the West, and the Ukraine Crisis

ISBN-13: 9781138040243 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 150 str.

Elias Gotz

Opis

This book examines the causes and consequences of the Ukraine crisis, with a special focus on Russia’s relations with the West. Towards that end, it brings together international relations scholars and area specialists. The contributors employ different theoretical approaches and offer partly complementary and partly competing analyses. In so doing, this book seeks to stimulate dialogue between different positions and advances our understanding of a topic that will shape the European security system for many years to come. This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Politics.

Spis treści

1. Russia, the West, and the Ukraine crisis: three contending perspectives 2. Why Putin went to war: ideology, interests and decision-making in the Russian use of force in Crimea and Donbas 3. Russia and ‘hybrid warfare’ 4. Neorealism and Russia’s Ukraine policy, 1991–present 5. Russian strategic culture: the role of today’s chekisty 6. Kto Vinovat? Why is there a crisis in Russia’s relations with the West? 7. Russia’s relations with the West: ontological security through conflict 8. From logic of competition to conflict: understanding the dynamics of EU–Russia relations

O autorze

Elias Götz is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Uppsala Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies (UCRS), Uppsala University, Sweden. He has published on Russian foreign policy in International Studies Review, Global Affairs, and Contemporary Politics.