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in Ukraine: A New US/Russia Cold War? Abstract The collapse of the Ukrainian government in 2014 resulted in the installation of a new pro-Western regime, a move that was met with resistance by Russia. On the other hand, The United States fully endorsed the new regime. This, along with other recent developments in Ukraine where Ukraine and Russia have been seen to clash, has led to talk as to whether the crisis could herald a new US/Russia Cold War. A historical review of the crisis in Ukraine reveals

Russia’s President Putin Realism is the most prominent theoretical perspective for Russia’s President Putin. Realists believe that states are the primary actors in international relations and are power-seeking (Week Two Lessons 2015). The article by Coffey demonstrates this principle when it discusses the decreasing Arctic ice north of Russia and how shipping traffic will increase significantly in the North Sea Route (2014). This scenario opens up huge advantages economically as well as militarily

The Russian Invasion of the Ukraine The conflict and subsequent invasion of the Ukraine by Russia came as a surprise to many people in the world, including to the United States intelligence community. This surprise move by the Russian government caused many members of Congress to point the blame at the intelligence community for failing to accurately predict this move, thus limiting the United States and NATOs ability to respond in a timely manner. But was there really an intelligence failure or

peaceful protest in 2013 but quickly rose to a chaotic revolution after a horrible series of events. In 2013 the protests were started students when work on an association agreement with the European Union had been suspended by Ukraine. This would have have been a huge step for Ukraine. By signing the association agreement they would have been more involved with Russia and the east after being mostly isolation from them since the 17th century. The protest continued on peacefully until November 30th in

Although Russia formally denied any military involvement in Ukraine, soldiers in unmarked Russian fatigues entering the Crimean peninsula and the “accidental” placement of artillery pieces beyond the Russo-Ukrainian border didn’t make it very hard to figure out who was responsible for the invasion of Crimea. Everyone’s theories were proven true when Russian President Vladimir Putin officially announced that the Russian Federation was annexing the Crimean Peninsula from the Ukrainian government. In

Crisis in the Ukraine Ukraine Crisis has been the main hot global issue of the 2014. Two nations, Ukraine and Russia, were and are all over the internet, newspapers and newscasts. What is going on in nations that have their reputation of being the nation of the hot girls? Before we dig in any further, let’s look at the historical background of these two nations. Past is one of the most important factors that one should be never underestimate when one wants to know about the current circumstances

republic within Ukraine which lies on a peninsula from the south of Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.3 It is important to note that the region of Crimea contains a majority of ethnically Russian population. Although these individuals are still Ukrainian citizens, they (generally) identify closely with Russia. During this crisis, Ukraine faced the most amount of unrest from citizens since its independence in 1991.1 On February 28th, 2014, the Crimean region of Ukraine was overtaken

Polish President Andrzej Duda has passed a holocaust law which criminalizes of suggesting that the people of Poland were involved war crimes by the committed Axis powers. Along with it, the lawmakers of Poland approved implementing of the condemnation of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army of their actions in Poland to the National Remembrance Institute bill that was signed by the Polish president on February 1, 2018. For any denial of the Volyn massacre that was carried out by the Ukrainian Nationalist

The Russian Invasion of the Ukraine Matthew M. Morris Northern Arizona University INT301 – Intelligence and National Security Professor: MAJ Jeremy W. Thompson 26 September 2015 The Russian Invasion of the Ukraine The conflict and subsequent invasion of the Ukraine by Russia came as a surprise to many people in the world, including to the United States intelligence community. This surprise move by the Russian government caused many members of Congress to point the blame at the intelligence

Savchenko served as a volunteer soldier who fought in the war in the region of Ukraine known as Donbas, and was captured, tried in Moscow, and sentenced for a 22 year imprisonment of a supposed collaboration of murder of two Russian journalists. During her imprisonment, Savchenko began a hunger strike lasting almost 3 months. For her bravery and heroism, Savchenko was awarded a Hero of Ukraine medal by Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and compared throughout the world as the present day Joan of