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The fact that the politicians brought to power by the Ukrainian Maidan revolutions turned out to be clearly anti-democratic, fully reliant on advantages of the moment stolen from opponents on the square, and not ready to compromise or stick to agreements made with opponents, is both the fault and a generic trait of the Maidan revolutions. It is this fact that eventually became the key factor in the collapse of the Ukrainian state. Indeed, if we imagine that the February 21 agreements between the opposition and Yanukovich had been implemented, there would not have been the referendum in Crimea, nor the Odessa massacre, nor the referendum in the Donbass, nor the bloody civil war, and most like...
This book analyses the conflict in Ukraine and Russia's annexation of Crimea, covering conceptualisations from rationalist to reflectivist, and from quantitative to qualitative. Most contributors agree that many of the old concepts, such as multi-polarity, spheres of influence, sovereignty, or even containment, are still cognitively valid, yet believe the eruption of the crisis means that they are now used in different contexts and thus infused with different meanings.
This Second Edition of an academic yet non-technical resource examines the effects, history and ongoing research in the important field of global warming and climate change.
Introduction -- Russia -- Iran -- China -- The United States -- Conclusions.
2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Russia Executive Government Encyclopedic Directory
作者对全球气候政治中的新兴大国群体化这一国际关系和世界政治新现象从结构、进程与机制三个维度进行了综合分析,提出新兴大国参与全球气候政治,是探寻气候变化应对这一集体行动难题化解之道的可贵尝试,有望重塑全球气候治理,争取全球气候公平正义,推动全球气候制度变迁。探究新兴大国气候政治群体化,在发展中国家阵营团结的维持、崛起中的中国与全球治理之间的相互关系、战略空间拓展上的选择困境等方面,对中国国家战略与外交政策具有重要启示。
Bringing together interconnected discussions to make explicit the complexity of the Arctic region, this book offers a legal discussion of the ongoing territorial disputes and challenges in order to frame their impact into the viability of different governance strategies that are available at the national, regional and international level. One of the intrinsic features of the region is the difficulty in the determination of boundaries, responsibilities and interests. Against this background, sovereignty issues are intertwined with environmental and geopolitical issues that ultimately affect global strategic balances and international trade and, at the same time, influence national approaches ...