Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
Fedor, Julie Umland Western academics, experts, and journalists specializing in Eastern Europe and Eurasia have grappled with two fundamental analytical crises in connection with the 1991 disintegration of the USSR and Russiäs 2014 invasion of Ukraine. Both crises were brought about by similar lack of understanding by scholars, think tank experts, and journalists of Moscow¿s relations with its neighbors. Typically, they were characterized by a downplaying of the ...