Ukraine’s Unnamed War: Before the Russian Invasion of 2022
NEW BOOK | The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has its roots in the events of 2013–2014. Russia cynically termed the seditionist conflict in Crimea and Eastern Donbas a…
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Quenching Fire with Gasoline: Why Flawed Terminology Will Not Help to Resolve the Ukraine Crisis
A reaction to Jesse Driscoll’s PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo: “Ukraine’s Civil War: Would Accepting This Terminology Help Resolve the Conflict?” by Ivan Gomza. Since late 2013, Ukraine’s contentious political environment has…
Ukraine’s “Type 4” Conflict: Why Is It Important To Study Terminology Before Changing It?
A reaction to Jesse Driscoll’s PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo: “Ukraine’s Civil War: Would Accepting This Terminology Help Resolve the Conflict?” In his February 2019 policy memo, Dr. Jesse Driscoll argues…
Ukraine’s Civil War: Would Accepting This Terminology Help Resolve the Conflict?
Since Ukraine is the site of both an invasion (Crimea) and a civil war (in the Donbas), there is no academic consensus on what to call the crisis in Ukraine.…
Jesse Driscoll on domestic hierarchies in Tajikistan
(UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy) Professor Jesse Driscoll continues to look at how well-functioning domestic hierarchies emerged after relatively short periods of anarchic violence in Tajikistan. This…