Ukraine and Russia: People, Politics, Propaganda and Perspectives
Edited by Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska & Richard Sakwa
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When Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych decided to postpone an EU Association Agreement, few would have predicted that it would lead to a prolonged conflict. What started as a peaceful demonstration of support for Ukraine’s pro-European course soon developed into a vicious confrontation dividing families, communities and the Ukrainian nation. The authors of this Edited Collection each present a facet of the intense and dangerous turmoil, and contribute to a deeper understanding of a crisis that now afflicts both European and global affairs.
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION
– Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska
ETHNIC AND SOCIAL COMPOSITION OF UKRAINE’S REGIONS AND VOTING PATTERNS
– David Marples
UNDERSTANDING THE OTHER UKRAINE: IDENTITY AND ALLEGIANCE IN RUSSOPHONE UKRAINE
– Nicolai N. Petro
BROTHERS GRIMM OR BROTHERS KARAMAZOV: THE MYTH AND THE REALITY OF HOW RUSSIANS AND UKRAINIANS VIEW THE OTHER
– Olga Onuch
ROOTS AND FEATURES OF MODERN UKRAINIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY AND NATIONALISM
– Denys Kiryukhin
EVERYDAY LIFE AFTER ANNEXATION: THE AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA
– Greta Uehling
CRIMEA: PEOPLE AND TERRITORY BEFORE AND AFTER ANNEXATION
– Ivan Katchanovski
RUSSIANS IN UKRAINE: BEFORE AND AFTER EUROMAIDAN
– Mikhail Pogrebinskiy
UKRAINIAN POLITICS SINCE INDEPENDENCE
– Andrew Wilson
THE ORIGINS OF PEACE, NON-VIOLENCE, AND CONFLICT IN UKRAINE
– Taras Kuzio
THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS AND ITS IMPACT ON TRANSFORMING RUSSIAN NATIONALISM LANDSCAPE
– Marlene Laruelle
AN UNNECESSARY WAR: THE GEOPOLITICAL ROOTS OF THE UKRAINE CRISIS
– Peter Rutland
BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: NATO ENLARGEMENT AND THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE UKRAINE CRISIS
– Edward W. Walker
‘HYBRID WAR’ AND ‘LITTLE GREEN MEN’: HOW IT WORKS, AND HOW IT DOESN’T
– Mark Galeotti
PUTIN’S NATIONALISM PROBLEM
– Paul Chaisty & Stephen Whitefield
VLADIMIR PUTIN: MAKING OF THE NATIONAL HERO
– Elena Chebankova
DOMINANT NARRATIVES IN RUSSIAN POLITICAL AND MEDIA DISCOURSE DURING THE UKRAINE CRISIS
– Stephen Hutchings & Joanna Szostek
THE UKRAINE STORY IN WESTERN MEDIA
– Marta Dyczok
RUSSIA AS UKRAINE’S ‘OTHER’: IDENTITY AND GEOPOLITICS
– Mikhail A. Molchanov
WESTERN ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AND RUSSIA’S PLACE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
– Richard Connolly
DEMOCRACY AND GEOPOLITICS: UNDERSTANDING UKRAINE’S THREAT TO RUSSIA
– Paul D’Anieri
PERSPECTIVES FOR RUSSIA’S FUTURE: THE CASE FOR NARRATIVE ANALYSIS
– Edwin Bacon
DIVERSITY POLICY IN UKRAINE AND ITS NEIGHBOURS: RUNNING ON THE SPOT AGAIN?
– Alexander Osipov
CONCLUSION
– Richard Sakwa