出版社：Research Centre for East European Studies and the Center for Security Studies
摘要：This edition focuses on Russian Foreign Policy and the Ukraine Crisis. Firstly, Andrei Tsygankov considers the sources underlying Russia’s policy toward its western neighbour, detailing how this policy has evolved from unhappy relations with Victor Yushchenko to rapprochement with Victor Yanukovich and then confrontation over the revolutionary power change in Kiev in February 2014. Secondly, Maxine David outlines how the 2014 Ukrainian crisis has laid bare the differences between the European Union and Russia, and suggests that the EU must confront the reality of Russia today and decide on a policy that can divert the two actors from their current conflictual path but without paying the price in respect of the EU’s self-professed normative identity. Thirdly, Marlene Laruelle outlines that in considering the impact of the Ukraine Crisis on Central Asia, and Russia’s relations with these states, it is necessary to take into account that there are different perceptions among the five states, and that there are at least 3 different aspects of the Ukraine crisis - EuroMaidan, Crimea, and Eastern Ukraine - that elicit distinct responses from Central Asian audiences.
