Working paper 24/2015
The events in Ukraine in 2013-2014 did not reveal any new, deep-rooted contradictions between Kiev and Moscow; they had existed long before, albeit not so acutely.
They have, however, triggered the fiercest confrontation between the two biggest countries in the post-Soviet ...
... crisis, offering a realistic assessment of the common interests among all the sides.
As the author points out, “the Ukrainian crisis has emphasized the major problem of the world politics in the 21st century – apparent and constantly growing governance deficit of the whole contemporary IR system. The developments in Ukraine have become a frightening illustration of what our world can be if governance deficit continues to grow”.
RIAC hopes that international relations and global politics experts and practitioners, as well as anyone interested in the subject matter, will ...