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Tag Archives: Crimea
Apr 16 2015
Time for a New Western Strategy in Ukraine
2 CommentsBy Robert W. Murray To date, the western strategy towards the ongoing war in Ukraine has been a failure. Not only has there been no cessation of violence, but the violence in certain areas of Eastern Ukraine is actually worsening, … Continue reading
Posted by: April 16, 2015
Tagged with: Crimea, European defence, Lithuania, NATO, Realism, Russia, Ukraine
Apr 3 2015
The Ukrainian Crisis: A Year On
Comments Off on The Ukrainian Crisis: A Year OnBy Roberto Orsi More than a year has gone by since the overthrowal of Viktor Yanukovich, the starting point of a severe international crisis between Moscow and the West, successively escalated by Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and the outbreak of … Continue reading
Posted by: April 3, 2015
Tagged with: Bundeswehr, Crimea, Donbass War, EU army, Jean-Claude Juncker, Minsk 2
Jun 13 2014
The Ukraine Crisis has Complicated Moldova’s Political Situation Ahead of Signing an Association Agreement with the EU
4 CommentsBy Ellie Knott and David Rinnert Over the past two years, well before recent events in Ukraine, the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood had become an increasing concern. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, however, has led to a deteriorated political situation across the region. … Continue reading
Posted by: June 13, 2014
Tagged with: annexation, Crimea, Eurasian Customs Union, Iasi-Ungheni pipeline, Moldovan elections, Transnistria
Mar 27 2014
Who has seized power in Crimea?
2 CommentsBy Ellie Knott According to recent statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov,Russia has claimed to be acting to protect the rights not just of citizens and military personnel, but also compatriots and Russian speakers in Crimea. But how … Continue reading
Posted by: March 27, 2014
Tagged with: Aksyonov, Crimea, minority rights, Nationalism, Russia, Russkaya Obshchina Kryma, Russkoe Edinstvo, Stepan Bandera, Tatars, Ukraine, Ukrainisation
Mar 5 2014
Not all Ethnic Russians in Crimea Have a Political Affinity with Moscow
4 CommentsBy Ellie Knott Throughout the Ukraine crisis, Crimea has been described as a region with strong sympathies toward Russia. Based on her own research in the region, Ellie Knott takes issue with the prevailing view that ethnic Russians in Crimea … Continue reading
Posted by: March 5, 2014
Tagged with: Crimea, discrimination, Jim Hughes, Nationalism, Russia, secessionism, separatism, Ukraine