This open access book examines the Russia-Ukraine war and its origins. Based on analysis of a large number of primary and secondary sources, it provides a systematic analysis of this crucial war, its nature, outcome, possibility of peaceful settlement, violence against civilians, and origins. The book examines the role of such factors as the NATO accession of Ukraine, Russian imperialism, democracy, genocide, and the far-right in the start of the war and traces the conflict escalation ladder, which culminated in this war, to preceding violent conflicts in Ukraine, in particular, the Euromaidan, the Maidan massacre, the Russian annexation of Crimea, and the war in Donbas. The Russia-Ukraine war is the most significant armed conflict of the 21st century in the entire world and in Europe since World War Two in terms of countries involved, casualties inflicted, and actual and potential impact in the world. This book analyzes the involvement of different conflict parties, such as the Ukrainian, Russian, and Western governments, Donbas separatists, and the far right, in this crucial war and in the Euromaidan, the Maidan massacre, the Russian annexation of Crimea, and the war in Donbas, and the nature of these conflicts. This book also examines support for pro-Western/pro-nationalist and pro-Russian/pro-communist political parties and presidential candidates and attitudes towards separatism and joining the European Union, NATO, and the union with Russia in regions of Ukraine in parliamentary and presidential elections and surveys since the Euromaidan.

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access This book provides comprehensive analysis of the Russia-Ukraine war and its origins It shows the conflict escalation ladder from the Maidan to the Russia-Ukraine war The analysis is based on tens of thousands of sources in Ukrainian, Russian, and English

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Ivan Katchanovski teaches at the School of Political Studies and the Conflict Studies and Human Rights Program at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He held academic positions at Harvard University, the State University of New York at Potsdam, the University of Toronto, and the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction: From the Maidan to the Russia-Ukraine war.- Chapter 2: Euromaidan.- Chapter 3: The Maidan massacre.- Chapter 4: The Russian annexation of Crimea.- Chapter 5: The civil war and the Russian military interventions in Donbas.- Chapter 6: The far-right involvement in the Euromaidan, the Maidan and Odesa massacres, and the Donbas war.- Chapter 7: Regional political divisions in Ukraine since Euromaidan.- Chapter 8: The origins of the Russia-Ukraine war.- Chapter 9: The Russia-Ukraine war and its nature.- Chapter 10: Genocide or war crimes during the Russia-Ukraine war?.- Chapter 11: The far-right involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war.- Chapter 12: The Russia-Ukraine war or peace?.- Chapter 13: Conclusion: Battlefields Ukraine between Russia and the West.