The Return of the Cold War by Black, J.L. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of illustrations List of contributors Foreword Preface Acronyms and abbreviations PART I: International relations

1. Assisted suicide: internal and external causes of the Ukrainian Crisis

Notes

2. Caught between Russia and NATO: the EU during and after the Ukrainian Crisis

A brief history of EU–Russian relations What next? Notes

3. Belarus in the ‘new Cold War’: a promising mediator?

Mediating in the ‘new Cold War’ Features of the emerging confrontation Belarus’s opportunities in today’s ‘Cold War’ Setting the table for a way out of the Ukraine crisis? Belarus’s handling of the Ukraine war Mediating in big power politics? Notes References

4. The crisis in Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora: February–December 2014

The Ukrainian diaspora: a historical overview Reaction to the annexation of Crimea and the war in the Donbas: Ukrainians in the West The Ukrainian diaspora in Russia Conclusion Notes

PART II: Military

5. Brothers disunited: Russia’s use of military power in Ukraine

Russia’s strategic and operational advantages on the eve of conflict ‘Limited warfare’ in two distinctive theatres Notes

6. Explaining the Ukrainian Army’s defeat in Donbass in 2014

Background Russian support for the rebels Superior motivation of rebel troops Conclusion Notes

PART III: Economic and social conditions

7. Western economic sanctions and East–West economic orientation of Russia

Western sanctions and their impact Conclusions Notes

8. Lost and forgotten: the conflict through the eyes of the Donbass people

Introduction From Maidan to Donbass: understanding the roots of the Donbass protests The civilian population in the midst of a war: lost and forgotten Notes

PART IV: Image and perception

9. Setting the tone: misinformation and disinformation from Kyiv, Moscow, Washington and Brussels in 2014

Choosing sides Coup d’état in Kyiv A coup of their own The blame game Isolating Russia Demonization of Vladimir Putin Competing disinformation Russian forces ‘amassing’ on the Ukrainian border – or somewhere The numbers game and information dissemination Crimea as Kosovo Growing anti-Americanism in Russia Generating fear and loathing of Russia in Ukraine The Battalions Conclusion Notes

10. Shaping new narratives: how new histories are created

Notes

11. German attitudes towards Russia: the post-Maidan era in context

Germany in context Dialogue and mediation Historical continuities Conclusion Notes

12. The Maidan massacre in Ukraine: a summary of analysis, evidence and findings

Notes

PART V: Preference points

13. Concluding remarks

Notes

14. Minsk II Agreement, 12 February 2015

Notes Signatories Note

15. Chronology of Key Events to Minsk II

2014 2015

Appendix Index

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