After Empire Torbakov, Igor; Plokhy, Serhii
2018, 20181030, 2018-10-30, Volume:
191
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Igor Torbakov explores the nexus between various forms of Russian political imagination and the apparently cyclic process of the decline and fall of Russia's imperial polity over the last hundred ...years. While Russia's historical process is by no means unique, two features of its historical development stand out. First, the country's history is characterized by dramatic political discontinuity. In the past century, Russia changed its "historical skin" three times: following the disintegration of the Tsarist Empire accompanied by violent civil war, it was reconstituted as the communist USSR, whose breakup a quarter century ago led to the emergence of the present- day Russian Federation. Each of the dramatic transformations in the twentieth century powerfully affected the notion of what "Russia" is and what it means to be Russian. Second, alongside Russia's political instability, there is, paradoxically, a striking picture of geopolitical stability and of remarkable longevity as an imperial entity. At least since the beginning of the eighteenth century, "Russia" has been a permanent geopolitical fixture on Europe's northeastern margins with its persistent pretense to the status of a great power. Against this backdrop, the book's three sections investigate (a) the emergence and development of Eurasianism as a form of (post-)imperial ideology, (b) the crucial role Ukraine has historically played for the Russians' self- understanding, and (c) contemporary Russian elites' exercises in historical legitimation.
Ukraine drew significant media attention after the 2013–2014 Revolution of Dignity and the subsequent undeclared war waged by Russia. However, the nature of these events and their impact on the ...social, economic, and political development of this country remain understudied and hence often misunderstood. Building Ukraine from Within offers an inside look at the recent developments in Ukraine and poses the question of whether transition from externally to internally driven development is possible in this case. Anton Oleinik argues that Ukraine is currently going through a revolutionary period aimed at building a nation-state and its aftermath. Ukraine is a latecomer in this process, especially compared with most other European countries. Its outcomes cannot be predicted with certainty. It is yet to be seen if a current surge in volunteerism and bottom-up civic initiatives will lead to the emergence of a viable and sustainable national democratic system in this country.
In 1991 there were more than 1,000 'Americanists' - experts in US history and politics - working in the Soviet Union. The Americanist community played a vital role in the Cold War, as well as in ...large part directing the cultural consumption of Soviet society and shaping perceptions of the US.
The role of Western NGOs in the transition of postcommunist nations to democracy has been well documented. In this study, Paulina Pospieszna follows a different trajectory, examining the role of a ...former aid recipient (Poland), newly democratic itself, and its efforts to aid democratic transitions in the neighboring states of Belarus and Ukraine.
Autori u radu analiziraju uzroke i ciljeve ruske agresije na Ukrajinu. Kao teorijsko-konceptualni okviri koriste se realistički strateški racionalizam i socijalno konstruirana strateška kultura. ...Primijenjena istraživačka metoda jest kritička analiza diskursa. U ovom radu najvažniji element (sigurnosnog) diskursa kao društvene prakse jest njegova uloga u konstrukciji značenja, odnosno značenja koje Rusija i ruski establišment pridaju rusko-ukrajinskim odnosima, ukrajinskoj naciji i neovisnoj ukrajinskoj državi te položaju Ukrajine u odnosu na euroatlantske integracije i odnose Rusije i Zapada u relaciji s ukrajinskim nastojanjima k euroatlantskom integriranju. Kao primarna jedinica analize poslužili su govori (Putin, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022) i esej (Putin, 2021) ruskog predsjednika Vladimira Putina u razdoblju od 2005. do 2022., da bi zatim bili korišteni i relevantni znanstveni doprinosi u ulozi sekundarne građe. Sumarna analiza diskursa u konstrukciji značenja ukupnosti rusko-ukrajinskih odnosa u obrazloženju ruske invazije na Ukrajinu upućuje na pokušaje njezina opravdanja na sigurnosnoj, (geo)političkoj, strateškoj, pravnoj, gospodarskoj, mitsko-religijskoj, sociokulturnoj i filozofsko-moralnoj razini. No odgovor u razlozima ruske agresije na Ukrajinu ne pronalazi se dominantno u okvirima (realističkog) strateškog racionalizma, nego socijalno konstruirane strateške kulture.
Development and Dystopia Minakov, Mikhail; Umland, Andreas; Etkind, Alexander
2018, 20180330, 2018-03-27, Volume:
179
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This book dissects—from both philosophical and empirical viewpoints—the peculiar developmental challenges, geopolitical contexts, and dystopic stalemates that post-Soviet societies face during their ...transition to new political and cultural orders. The principal geographical focus of the essays is Ukraine, but most of the assembled texts are also relevant and/or refer to other post-Soviet countries.Mikhail Minakov describes how former Soviet nations are trying to reinvent, for their particular circumstances, democracy and capitalism while concurrently dealing with new poverty and inequality, facing unusual degrees of freedom and responsibility for their own future, coming to terms with complicated collective memories and individual pasts. Finally, the book puts forward novel perspectives on how Western and post- communist Europe may be able to create a sustainable pan-European common space. These include a new agenda for pan-European political communication, new East-Central European regional security mechanisms, a solution for the chain of separatist-controlled populations, and anti-patronalist institutions in East European countries.
This anthology presents translations of literary works by Ukraine's leading writers that imaginatively engage pivotal issues in today's Ukraine and express its tribulations and jubilations. It offers ...English-language readers a wide array of the most beguiling literature written in Ukraine in the past fifty years.
Ukraine and Europe Pavlyshyn, Marko; Brogi Bercoff, Giovanna
Ukraine and Europe,
2017, 20171130, 2017, 2017-11-29, 2017-11-30
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Ukraine and Europe challenges the popular perception of Ukraine as a country torn between Europe and the east. Twenty-two scholars from Europe, North America, and Australia explore the complexities ...of Ukraine's relationship with Europe and its role the continent's historical and cultural development.
Novija sudska praksa potvrđuje tendenciju razgraničenja epikontinentskih i gospodarskih pojaseva između država čije obale leže sučelice ili međusobno graniče jedinstvenom morskom granicom. ...Utvrđivanje takve zajedničke granične crte, koju su u postupku pred Međunarodnim sudom u Haagu zahtijevale Rumunjska i Ukrajina, u ovome radu je u središtu pozornosti. Dvije države čije obale leže sučelice i međusobno graniče u sjeverozapadnom dijelu Crnog mora nisu se slagale u pogledu pravca granice koja bi se trebala utvrditi, kao ni u pogledu uloge koju bi u tome razgraničenju trebao imati ukrajinski otok Zmiyinyy (Zmijski otok), smješten oko 20 nautičkih milja istočno od delte Dunava. U radu se istražuju povijesni korijeni njihovoga spora i uzroci neuspješnih pregovora tijekom šest godina te analizira postupak pred Međunarodnim sudom. Sud je 2009. godine jednoglasnom odlukom, u skladu s Konvencijom UN-a o pravu mora, odredio pravac jedinstvene morske granice između epikontinentskih i gospodarskih pojaseva dviju država. U pažljivo obrazloženoj odluci Sud je po prvi put izložio svoju ‘’metodologiju razgraničenja’’ već izgrađenu u svojoj prijašnjoj praksi te je izričito naveo tri etape postupka razgraničenja. Prva etapa je utvrđivanje privremene crte razgraničenja, druga etapa je ispitivanje postoje li okolnosti koje su valjan razlog za prilagodbu ili za premještanje te crte i konačno, u trećoj etapi Sud provjerava da ta crta ne vodi nepravičnom rezultatu. Presuda sadrži brojna korisna pojašnjenja odredbi Konvencije iz 1982., posebice članaka 74. i 83,. što je od posebnog značaja za buduća razgraničenja Republike Hrvatske sa susjednim državama na Jadranu.
U radu se prikazuje šira slika polarizacije ukrajinskog društva i uloge regionalnog identiteta
na formiranje stavova raseljenih osoba iz Ukrajine u Republici Hrvatskoj o proruskim
i prozapadnim ...narativnim linijama. Naime, rat u Ukrajini ubrzao je proces reartikulacije
ukrajinskog nacionalnog identiteta koji je započeo početkom stoljeća uslijed pogoršanja
odnosa između Zapada i Rusije. U radu se upotrebljavaju metode deskriptivne statistike,
dok se u obradi hipoteza upotrebljava Mann-Whitney U test. Statističkom analizom rezultata
ankete provedene među raseljenim osobama iz Ukrajine u Republici Hrvatskoj uočena
je razlika u stavovima ispitanika iz istočnog i zapadnog dijela Ukrajine, ali i općenito veće
slaganje s prozapadnim narativnim linijama.
