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Toal, Gerard.
Subjects
Geopolitics -- Former Soviet republics.
South Ossetia War, 2008.
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Former Soviet republics.
Former Soviet republics -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Western countries.
Western countries -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
Crimea (Ukraine) -- Annexation to Russia (Federation)
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Toal, Gerard.
Geopolitics -- Former Soviet republics.
South Ossetia War, 2008.
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Former Soviet republics.
Former Soviet republics -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Western countries.
Western countries -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
Crimea (Ukraine) -- Annexation to Russia (Federation)
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Near abroad : Putin, the West, and the contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus / Gerard Toal.
by
Toal, Gerard.
Oxford University Press, 2017.
Call #:
327.47 T627n
Subjects
Geopolitics
--
Former
Soviet
republics
.
South Ossetia War, 2008.
Russia
(
Federation
)
--
Foreign
relations
--
Former
Soviet
republics
.
Former
Soviet
republics
--
Foreign
relations
--
Russia
(
Federation
)
Russia
(
Federation
)
--
Foreign
relations
--
Western countries.
Western countries
--
Foreign
relations
--
Russia
(
Federation
)
Crimea (Ukraine)
--
Annexation to
Russia
(
Federation
)
ISBN:
9780190253301 (hc.)
Description:
xx, 387 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Before
Russia
invaded Ukraine, it invaded Georgia. Both states are part of
Russia
's near abroad - newly independent states that were once part of the
Soviet
Union and are now
Russia
's neighbors. While the Russia-Georgia war of 2008 faded from the headlines in the wake of the global recession, the geopolitical contest that created it did not. Six years later, the spectre of a revanchist
Russia
returned when Putin's forces invaded and annexed the Crimean peninsula, once part of
Russia
but an internationally recognized part of Ukraine since the
Soviet
collapse. Crimea's annexation and follow on conflict in eastern Ukraine have generated the greatest geopolitical crisis on the European continent since the end of the Cold War. In 'Near Abroad,' Gerard Toal (professor of Government and International Affairs in the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech's Washington metro area campus) moves beyond the polemical rhetoric that surrounds
Russia
's interventions in Georgia and Ukraine to study the underlying territorial conflicts and geopolitical struggles. Central to understanding are legacies of the
Soviet
Union collapse: unresolved territorial issues, weak states and a conflicted geopolitical culture in
Russia
over the new territorial order. The West's desire to expand NATO contributed to a growing geopolitical contest in
Russia
's near abroad. This found expression in a 2008 NATO proclamation that Georgia and Ukraine will become members of NATO, a red line issue for
Russia
. The road to invasion and war in Georgia and Ukraine, thereafter, is explained in Near Abroad. Geopolitics is often thought of as a game of chess. Near Abroad provides an account of real life geopolitics, one that emphasizes changing spatial relationships, geopolitical cultures and the power of media images. Rather than being a cold game of deliberation, geopolitics is often driven by emotions and ambitions, by desires for freedom and greatness, by clashing personalities and reckless acts. Not only a penetrating analysis of
Russia
's relationships with its regional neighbors, Near Abroad also offers an analysis of how US geopolitical culture frequently fails to fully understand
Russia
and the geopolitical archipelago of dependencies in its near abroad."
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