Andra-Lucia Martinescu's Blog
PhD Candidate in International Relations, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge. Andra researches Post Soviet geopolitical developments around the Black Sea, looking into the European Union, Romania and Russia. Keen on historical analysis she attempts to shed light upon contemporary dynamics by examining recurring historical patterns. The views expressed in this piece draw on extensive qualitative fieldwork, interactions and interviews with domestic and European decision-makers.
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Latent tensions have loomed before civil strife actually irrupted in Ukraine amid deep-rooted political uncertainties. That claims upon the Crimean peninsula would be eventually raised by Putin’s Russia, concentrating troops at the borders and…