Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-507).
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 divisions 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.
Summary:
"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 the gap between an omnipresent and easily available narrative about Russia and a scarce, scattered knowledge about Ukraine. They show what history and political science can offer for a better understanding of the crisis and provide insights, which are based on reliable Ukrainian, Russian, Polish and Turkish sources and confidential interviews with key actors and advisors. Rather than offering easy answers, the authors present facts and knowledge, which enables the reader to make up his own informed opinion"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Studies in political transition, 2191-3307 ; volume 4
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