War in the Borderland

Four Ways to Interpret the Conflict in Ukraine

AvPaolo Pizzolo,Michael O. Slobodchikoff

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Politics

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Beskrivning

The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine represents for Putin what the crossing of the Rubicon represented for Julius Caesar in 49 BC. After making this decision, Moscow can never go back. With this critical choice, one of the most significant since the end of World War II, Russia has decided to accelerate the course of history. In its attack against Ukraine, Putin’s Russia confirmed its role as a revisionist power and challenger of the international order, deciding to operate outside the rules set in the post-1945 and post-1991 world system. The arrival point of the historic process will have two possible consequences for the international system: either the confirmation of the hegemonic role of the US-led West or the advent of a centrifugal multipolar world. War in the Borderland: Four Ways to Interpret the Conflict in Ukraine examines the reasons why the Russian-Ukrainian war broke out, highlighting four possible interpretations. Specifically, by examining the domains of geopolitics, geostrategy, geoeconomics, and ideology, the book aims to determine how these variables played an important role in the outbreak of this gruesome conflict.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-02-19
Mått:154 x 230 x 22 mm
Vikt:580 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Politics
Antal sidor:298
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666971514

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Paolo Pizzolo is assistant professor and post-doctoral research fellow at the Centre for International Studies and Development (CISAD) of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

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The main insight of Pizzolo’s book lies in its offering of four historically and theoretically informed interpretations of Russia’s war in Ukraine, interpretations that coincide with Russian standpoints on this brutal war, as well as in its elaboration of six scenarios for a ‘post-war territorial organization’ of Ukraine.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgementsForeword by Emilian KavalskiForeword by Michael O. SlobodchikoffIntroduction: Putin’s revisionist “risk” and the nature of Russian nationalismPart IChapter 1: Chronicles from a borderland: A brief overview of Ukraine’s historyChapter 2: The limits of Russian soft power in Ukraine and the resort to hard powerChapter 3: The war in Ukraine and the state of armed conflictsPart II Chapter 4: Interpretation One: The revenge of geopoliticsChapter 5: Interpretation Two: The geostrategic quandaries of NATO enlargementChapter 6: Interpretation Three: The geoeconomic quest for Eurasian integrationChapter 7: Interpretation Four: The specter of the clash of civilizationsConclusionBibliographyAbout the Author