Ukraina i Federacja Rosyjska – przyczyny i konsekwencje kryzysu ukraińskiego
Ukraine andRussia–the causes and consequences
of the Ukrainian crisis
Author(s): Jakub PotulskiSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Ukraine;Russia;geopolitics;shatterbelt;political system
Summary/Abstract: 2014 was a breakthrough year. Ukraine’s crisis of 2013–2014, February 2014 rev-olution which removed Viktor Yanukovych and his government, annexation of Crimea by Russia, war in Donbas caused changes in the geopolitical map of the world. The crisis had many effects both domestic and international. Author ar-gues that the crisis is a part of the wider changes on the geopolitical map of the world. The main effect of the crisis is that Ukraine was transformed into shatter-belt – regions that are both deeply divided internally and caught up in the compe-tition between Great Powers.
Journal: Nowa Polityka Wschodnia
- Issue Year: 8/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 42-66
- Page Count: 25
- Language: Polish