| ID | 158199 |
| Title Proper | To understand Ukraine |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Trenin, Dmitry |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The Ukrainian crisis resulted in a political confrontation between Russia and the U.S. and Russia's alienation from EU countries. It brought an end to repeated attempts by the Russian Federation to "plug itself into" the Euro-Atlantic community and to become part of the "expanded West." The consequences of this crisis are of fundamental significance for Russia itself, its national self-consciousness and its geographical self-determination. The events in Ukraine have concluded the post-imperial period in Russian history, when Russia pinned its hopes on deep reintegration of the former Soviet republics. Those events have also opened up an era where the Russian Federation is establishing itself as a separate and self-sufficient state, seeing the other post-Soviet countries as close neighbors, but not as parts of a unified geopolitical space headed by Moscow. |
| `In' analytical Note | Russia in Global Affairs Vol. 15, No.4; Oct-Dec 2017: p.172-183 |
| Journal Source | Russia in Global Affairs 2017-12 15, 4 |
| Key Words | Russia ; US ; Ukrainian Crisis ; Understand Ukraine |