The Ukrainian Crisis: The Role Of, and Implications For, Sub-State and Non-State Actors

ISBN-13: 9781138735200 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 202 str.

Tracey German; Emmanuel Karagiannis

Opis

Explores topics such as the popularity of the separatist movement in Donbass, the perception of local political elites, the involvement of private armies and the implications for sub-state actors across the post-Soviet space. This book was originally published as a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The Ukrainian crisis: sub-state and non-state actors Tracey German and Emmanuel Karagiannis  2. Half measures and incomplete reforms: the breeding ground for a hybrid civil Society in Ukraine Laura Cleary  3. No Moscow stooges: identity polarization and guerrilla movements in Donbass Anna Matveeva  4. The irreversibility of history: the case of the Ukrainian crisis (2013–2015) Stylianos A. Sotiriou  5. Radicalization of Russians in Ukraine: from ‘accidental’ diaspora to rebel movement Ivan D. Loshkariov and Andrey A. Sushentsov  6. Proxy agents, auxiliary forces, and sovereign defection: assessing the outcomes of using non-state actors in civil conflicts Vladimir Rauta  7. Paramilitary motivation in Ukraine: beyond integration and abolition Tetyana Malyarenko and David J. Galbreath  8. Ukrainian volunteer fighters in the eastern front: ideas, political-social norms and motions as mobilization mechanisms Emmanuel Karagiannis  9. Russia and South Ossetia: conferring statehood or creeping annexation? Tracey German  10. Transnistrian strategy in the context of Russian–Ukrainian relations: the rise and failure of ‘dual alignment’ Igor Istomin and Irina Bolgova