TY - GEN T1 - State-building in the middle of a geopolitical struggle : the cases of Ukraine, Moldova, and Pridnestrovia A1 - Dromundo, Rolando A2 - Petro, Nicolai N. LA - English PP - Stuttgart PB - Ibidem Press YR - 2018 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1057685308 AB - Rolando Dromundo presents a political and historical analysis of the state-building processes in Ukraine, Moldova, and the unrecognized Republic of Pridnestrovia from the Soviet fall until 2015, starting with a sketch of the main geopolitical trend that surrounds these polities and its influences on them, and paying special attention to the vicissitudes of the Ukrainian political crisis of 2013-14 and its immediate consequences in Crimea and the Donbass. This book is a must for scholars with an interest in the post-Soviet space and to anyone curious about an international conflict from a realist perspective. It offers an original insight on the understanding of the oligarchs' role in Ukrainian political life and presents a different perspective on the unrecognized Republic of Pridnestrovia. Dromundo is neither pro-Russian nor pro-Western. He sheds light on the problems from different angles and illustrates how the local inhabitants turned out to become the biggest losers in the game because they have fallen prey to local elites allied with different foreign powers disregarding local identities and needs. Altogether, the book helps to better understand the complexity of local state-building processes in a multiethnic society. OP - 517 CN - DK508.849 .V35 2018 SN - 3838271726 SN - 9783838271729 SN - 3838211723 KW - Geopolitics : Ukraine. KW - Geopolitics : Moldova. KW - Geopolitics : Dniester Moldovan Republic. KW - Ukraine : Politics and government. KW - Ukraine : History. KW - Moldova : Politics and government. KW - Moldova : History. KW - Dniester Moldovan Republic : Politics and government. KW - Dniester Moldovan Republic : History. KW - Géopolitique : Ukraine. KW - Géopolitique : Moldavie. KW - Ukraine : Politique et gouvernement. KW - Ukraine : Histoire. KW - Moldavie : Politique et gouvernement. KW - Moldavie : Histoire. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : International. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : International Relations : General. KW - Geopolitics KW - Politics and government KW - Europe : Dniester Moldovan Republic KW - Moldova KW - Ukraine KW - History ER -