Description: Near Abroad: Putin, the West, and the Contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus by Gerard Toal; Oxford University Press; 2017 Hard cover book with DJ. Like new. Clean. Spine and binding tight. No edge wear. Inside, scattered light pencil underlining. Pages clean and crisp. DJ, also in excellent condition with very minor edge wear. 1.25" x 9.5" x 6.4"; 385 pages Before Russia invaded Ukraine, it invaded Georgia. Both states are part of Russia's "near abroad" - newly independent states that were once part of the Soviet Union and are now Russia's neighbors. While the Russia-Georgia war of 2008 faded from the headlines in the wake of the global recession, the geopolitical contest that created it did not. Six years later, the spectre of a revanchist Russia returned when Putin's forces invaded and annexed the Crimean peninsula, once part of Russia but an internationally recognized part of Ukraine since the Soviet collapse. Crimea's annexation and follow on conflict in eastern Ukraine have generated the greatest geopolitical crisis on the European continent since the end of the Cold War. In Near Abroad, the eminent political geographer Gerard Toal moves beyond the polemical rhetoric that surrounds Russia's interventions in Georgia and Ukraine to study the underlying territorial conflicts and geopolitical struggles. Central to understanding are legacies of the Soviet Union collapse: unresolved territorial issues, weak states and a conflicted geopolitical culture in Russia over the new territorial order. The West's desire to expand NATO contributed to a growing geopolitical contest in Russia's near abroad. This found expression in a 2008 NATO proclamation that Georgia and Ukraine will become members of NATO, a "red line" issue for Russia. The road to invasion and war in Georgia and Ukraine, thereafter, is explained in Near Abroad.
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Book Title: Near Abroad : Putin, the West, and the Contest over Ukraine and t
Original Language: English
Item Length: 9.5 in
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Format: Hardcover
Language: english
Item Height: 1.25 in
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Features: Dust Jacket
Topic: International Politics
Item Width: 6.4 in
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Intended Audience: Adults
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Publication Year: 2017
Era: 2010s
Author: Toal, Gerard
Genre: Russia
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 24.2 oz
Number of Pages: 385 pages
