Book contents
- Ukraine and Russia
- Ukraine and Russia
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Additional material
- 1 The Sources of Conflict over Ukraine
- 2 New World Order? 1989‒1993
- 3 Hope and Hardship, 1994‒1999
- 4 Autocracy and Revolution, 1999‒2004
- 5 Reform and Reversal, 2004‒2010
- 6 Viktor Yanukovych and the Path to Confrontation, 2010‒2013
- 7 From Revolution to War, 2013‒2015
- 8 Conclusion: Ukraine, Russia, and the West ‒ from Cold War to Cold War
- Index
1 - The Sources of Conflict over Ukraine
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 November 2019
- Ukraine and Russia
- Ukraine and Russia
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Additional material
- 1 The Sources of Conflict over Ukraine
- 2 New World Order? 1989‒1993
- 3 Hope and Hardship, 1994‒1999
- 4 Autocracy and Revolution, 1999‒2004
- 5 Reform and Reversal, 2004‒2010
- 6 Viktor Yanukovych and the Path to Confrontation, 2010‒2013
- 7 From Revolution to War, 2013‒2015
- 8 Conclusion: Ukraine, Russia, and the West ‒ from Cold War to Cold War
- Index
Summary
The introduction poses the question of how we should best understand the military conflict that began in 2014, showing why the prevailing explanations are insufficient. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, many analysts believed that the problems of security in central Europe had disappeared. Security challenges did not disappear in 1991 and resurface later, but rather persisted. This chapter uses three concepts in international relations theory – the security dilemma, loss aversion, and the democratic peace – that will be used throughout the book to show why the new conflicts could not easily be managed.
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- Ukraine and RussiaFrom Civilied Divorce to Uncivil War, pp. 1 - 26Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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