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Book SynopsisWhat are the reasons behind, and trajectories of, the rapid cultural changes in Ukraine since 2013? This volume highlights: the role of the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian-Ukrainian war in the formation of Ukrainian civil society; the forms of warfare waged by Moscow against Kyiv, including information and religious wars; Ukrainian and Russian identities and cultural realignment; sources of destabilisation in Ukraine and beyond; memory politics and Russian foreign policies; the Kremlins geopolitical goals in its 'near abroad'; and factors determining Ukraines future and survival in a state of war. The studies included in this collection illuminate the growing gap between the political and social systems of Ukraine and Russia. The anthology illustrates how the Ukrainian revolution of 20132014, Russias annexation of the Crimean peninsula, and its invasion of eastern Ukraine have altered the post-Cold War political landscape and, with it, the regional and global power and security dynamics.
Trade Review"This book explores the Ukrainian crisis using a different approach, not often seen in other works. The authors have attempted to view the Ukrainian crisis not at the level of competition between superpowers and the issue of East and West, but from a social and identity perspective. In this they have been successful. As a result, the reader gains a more thorough understanding of events and better perceives the complexities of the tensions between Ukraine and Russia and, hence, between Russia and the West...."Ghasem Torabi (2018) Revolution and War in Contemporary Ukraine. The Challenge of Change, Europe-Asia Studies, 70:2, 303-304, DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2018.1430225
Table of ContentsIntroduction; The Ukrainian Revolution of 2013-2014 & the Sources of Russia's Response; Ukraine is the Epicenter of the 'World Hurricane"; Ukraine & Russia: Entangled Histories, Contested Identities, & a War of Narratives; Living with Ambiguities: Meanings of Nationalism in the Russian-Ukrainian War; Ideologies of Language in Wartime; Ukrainian Euromaidan as Social & Cultural Performance; The Annexation of Crimea: Russia's Response to Ukraine's Revolution; Russian Hegemony in the Black Sea Basin: The "Third Rome" in Contemporary Geopolitics; The Invisible Front: Russia, Trolls, & the Information War Against Ukraine; The Impact of Russia's Intervention in Ukraine on Muslim, Jewish & Baptist Communities; The Perpetual Cycle of Political Corruption in Ukraine & Post-Revolutionary Attempts to Break Through It; Police Reform: Challenges & Prospects; Epilogue; Index.
