Chapter 1. Why This War? Why Now?UkraineChapter 2. Independence and TerritoryChapter 3. Protest and TransformationRussiaChapter 4. Authoritarianism and (Neo)ImperialismThe War Against UkraineChapter 5. The Annexation of Crimea in 2014Chapter 6. The War in Donbas Since 2014Chapter 7. The War of Aggression Since 24 February 2022Chapter 8. Consequences of the WarOutlook
Gwendolyn Sasse is the Director of the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) in Berlin and Einstein Professor for the Comparative Study of Democracy and Authoritarianism at Humboldt University, Berlin.