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State-building in the middle of a geopolitical struggle : the cases of Ukraine, Moldova, and Pridnestrovia / Rolando Dromundo ; with a prologue by Nicolai N. Petro.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dromundo, Rolando, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ukraine--Politics and government.
- Ukraine.
- Ukraine--History.
- Moldova--Politics and government.
- Moldova.
- Moldova--History.
- Dniester Moldovan Republic--Politics and government.
- Dniester Moldovan Republic.
- Dniester Moldovan Republic--History.
- Geopolitics--Ukraine.
- Geopolitics.
- Geopolitics--Moldova.
- Geopolitics--Dniester Moldovan Republic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (519 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- Stuttgart, Germany : Ibidem-Verlag, [2018]
- Summary:
- Rolando Dromundo presents a political and historical analysis of the state-building processes in Ukraine, Moldova, and the unrecognized Republic of Pridnestrovia from the Soviet fall until 2015, starting with a sketch of the main geopolitical trend that surrounds these polities and its influences on them, and paying special attention to the vicissitudes of the Ukrainian political crisis of 2013-14 and its immediate consequences in Crimea and the Donbass. This book is a must for scholars with an interest in the post-Soviet space and to anyone curious about an international conflict from a realist perspective. It offers an original insight on the understanding of the oligarchs' role in Ukrainian political life and presents a different perspective on the unrecognized Republic of Pridnestrovia. Dromundo is neither pro-Russian nor pro-Western. He sheds light on the problems from different angles and illustrates how the local inhabitants turned out to become the biggest losers in the game because they have fallen prey to local elites allied with different foreign powers disregarding local identities and needs. Altogether, the book helps to better understand the complexity of local state-building processes in a multiethnic society.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Geopolitical issues between Russia and the West
- Ukraine
- Moldova and the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic, historically justified or geopolitical invention?
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Dromundo, Rolando. State-building in the middle of a geopolitical struggle.
- ISBN:
- 9783838271729
- 3838271726
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