The Maidan Uprising, separatism and foreign intervention : Ukraine's complex transition /

"The current crisis in Ukraine has revealed a striking lack of background knowledge about Ukraine's history and politics among West European politicians, journalists, intellectuals and even many academics. In this book, experts from Poland, Ukraine, the US, Russia and Western Europe fill t...

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Other Authors: Bachmann, Klaus, 1963- (Editor), Lyubashenko, Igor, 1983- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Studies in political transition ; v. 4.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Klaus Bachmann, Igor Lyubashenko
  • Independent Ukraine / Andrzej Szeptycki
  • The nuclear weapons issue and the Budapest Agreement / Ireneusz Kaminski
  • The political system of Ukraine / Pawel Kowal
  • The ethnic and cultural divisons of Ukraine / Adam Balcer
  • The Crimean autonomy / Nedim Useinov
  • The role of the US in Ukraine prior to and during the Maidan protests / Thomas Sparrow Botero
  • Ukrainian-Russian relations after 1991 / Igor Torbakov
  • The role of the Crimea in Ukrainian-Russian relations / Natalia Shapovalova
  • Polish-Ukrainian relations after 1991 / Maria Przelomiec
  • The EU and NATO toward Ukraine / Spasimir Domaradzki
  • The "Orange Revolution" and its aftermath / Maciej Wapinski
  • From the Euromajdan protests to the Sich Uprisal / Igor Lyubashenko
  • Nationalism, party politics and political transition I / Adrian Mandzy
  • Nationalism, party politics and political transition II / Inge Christensen
  • The virtual Majdan : new patterns of mass mobilization / Igor Lyubashenko
  • The challenges : political and economic transition / Klaus Bachmann
  • Conclusions.