Is Ukraine a “Client State” of the United States?
(PONARS Policy Memo) To ask whether Ukraine is a client state of the United States might seem provocative. In the opinion of some, being a “client state” is negative, implying that…
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The Demise of Ukraine’s “Eurasian Vector” and the Rise of Pro-NATO Sentiment
(PONARS Policy Memo) Before 2014, the majority of Ukrainians did not view the goal of European integration as a “national idea.” Even so, most Ukrainians had positive views about developing relations…
The European Missile Defense System and Russia: Can There Be Dialogue Rather Than an Arms Race?
(PONARS Policy Memo) The official inauguration of a European missile defense (MD) site in Romania in the spring of 2016 triggered a new wave of anti-Western rhetoric in Russia. President Vladimir…
Vocabularies of International Relations after the Crisis in Ukraine [NEW BOOK]
(Co-editors: A. Yatsyk and A. Makarychev) The conflict in Ukraine and Russia's annexation of Crimea has undoubtedly been a pivotal moment for policy makers and military planners in Europe and beyond. Many analysts see…
Russia’s Little War in Ukraine Does Not Help Kremlin to Befriend Trump
(EDM) The sharp escalation in artillery battles in the Donbas (eastern Ukraine) war zone one day after the January 28 telephone conversation between United States President Donald Trump and Russian President…
Nation Building, Political Boundaries, and Cultural Authenticity: Post-Soviet Borderlands in Transformation
(Cambridge Scholars Publishing) (Co-author: A. Makarychev) This article analyzes today’s independent ex-Soviet borderlands (Ukraine, Georgia, and Estonia) of the Russian Federation. More precisely, the authors identify the cultural and social practices…
Both In-Between and Out: National Sovereignty and Cross-Border Governmentality in Euro 2012 in Lviv
(European Neighbourhood Policy) (Co-author: A. Makarychev) The chapter addresses a collision of different policies and strategies initiated, pursued and implemented by EU member states towards Ukraine as a co-host of…
Celebrating Borderlands in a Wider Europe: Nations and Identities in Ukraine, Georgia and Estonia
(Nomos) (Co-author: A. Yatsyk) This book addresses Estonian, Ukrainian and Georgian identities which have developed against the backdrop of Russia’s neo-imperialist policies and the EU’s normative projection of power. With…
Haran: Putin is trying to intimidate both the US and Europe by escalating the Ukraine conflict
(Al Jazeera) In the past week, eastern Ukraine has suffered some of the heaviest fighting seen for a long time. Heavy artillery fire, a car bomb explosion and other ceasefire violations…
EU-Russia Relations: Quo Vadis? Muddling, Normalization, or Deterioration
(PONARS Policy Memo) The Ukraine crisis became a major driver of the centrifugal relationship between Russia and the European Union, but it was not the starting point. The relationship had been…