Political Geography: Ukraine / Topic: Territorial Disputes

Author:: Jakob Aroe Jorgensen and Adam Gardner
Publication Date:: 06-2014
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Danish Institute for International Studies
Abstract:: Threats emanating from the Middle East still pose serious security challenges to NATO, though some see the crisis in Ukraine as the most serious security challenge yet to the alliance in the post-Cold War era. NATO must remain vigilant towards these threats, not allowing the crisis in Ukraine to eclipse all other contingencies.
Topic:: Security, Foreign Policy, NATO, Arms Control and Proliferation, Sovereignty, and Territorial Disputes
Political Geography:: Ukraine and Middle East

Publication Date:: 07-2014
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Atlantic Council
Abstract:: Ukraine is once again at a potential turning point in its young history. It missed the opportunity at independence and during the Orange Revolution to make a decisive break with an authoritarian past and move decisively toward an open, market-oriented society. Yet Ukrainian civil society remained vibrant and late last year once again spoke out against the country's authoritarian and corrupt leaders. As a result of the protests from an enraged citizenry, then-President Viktor Yanukovych fled the country for Russia.
Topic:: Security, Territorial Disputes, Governance, and Reform
Political Geography:: Russia, Europe, and Ukraine

Author:: Dmitri V. Trenin
Publication Date:: 07-2014
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Abstract:: The Ukraine crisis that erupted in early 2014 has brought an end to the post-Cold War status quo in Europe. Russia, feeling betrayed by its Western partners because of their support for regime change in Kiev, has stepped forward to protect its vital interests-which the West saw as aggression by a revisionist power. The ensuing conflict will last long and have an impact far beyond Europe.
Topic:: Cold War and Territorial Disputes
Political Geography:: Russia, Europe, and Ukraine

Author:: Steven Blockmans
Publication Date:: 07-2014
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Centre for European Policy Studies
Abstract:: The downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine has unleashed a storm of grief and anger in the EU and around the world. Heads of state and government have joined the public outcry and called for tough action against those directly and indirectly responsible for this heinous crime. The EU's reaction, however, has been lame so far by comparison.
Topic:: Foreign Policy, Territorial Disputes, and Sanctions
Political Geography:: Russia, Europe, and Ukraine

Author:: Leon Aron
Publication Date:: 05-2014
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: Vladimir Putin is exploiting the Ukrainian revolution-specifically, by manufacturing "crises" in Crimea and eastern Ukraine and nationalist euphoria and anti-Western paranoia at home-to fashion a more repressive and increasingly unpredictable Russian dictatorship for life. With the Russian economy heading for recession, the Putin regime's popularity largely depends on Russia's foreign policy successes, which Putin hopes to achieve by humiliating, destabilizing, and eventually derailing Ukraine; by cajoling the West into rejecting sanctions against Russia; and by fueling Russian patriotism. The West should, in an effort spearheaded by the United States, aim its sanctions at increasing the costs of the regime's malignant transformation rather than simply attempting to dissuade Moscow from further action in eastern Ukraine.
Topic:: International Law, Sovereignty, Territorial Disputes, and Governance
Political Geography:: Russia, United States, and Ukraine

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