Racing Crimea: On Intervention, Realism and Liberalization as Steering Analysis of Russia
The aim of the research is to study the intervention of Russia in the Crimea Peninsule by using the theoretical framework of liberalizing and realistic theory of the international relations. The result of the research is to understand theses of which theories explain the intervention of Russia in Crimea. Two methods are used in the paper. First, the data collected through structured questionnaire with some connoisseurs of law and international relations in Kosovo. Second, the data collected from academic literature regarding to the realistic and liberalizing theory of international relations. Conclusion of the paper is that, the theses of realistic theory explain the intervention of Russia in the Crimea and not the theses of liberal theory.
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