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    Chaos in Ukraine

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    War, chaos, depression, and corruption are some of the words to describe the chaos in Ukraine. Since the 3 billion Eurobond lent to Ukraine by Russia weren’t paid off the money, revolution was sparked within the citizens of Ukraine and slowly erupting into something many people fear will start another catastrophic event in Europe. Even with the strong support of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Ukraine has but only two options, to move to E.U. or to move to the support of Russia, and the

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    Ukraine used to be known as “Kievan Rus” before renaming it in the 16th century. During the 9th century, Kiev was the central focus politically and culturally in Eastern Europe. Keivan Rus maximized it’s intake of power in the 10th century due to the Mongol conquest in 1240, but not before adopting Byzantine Christianity. Between the 13th and the 16th century, Kiev was significantly influenced by Poland and Western Europe. In 1596, the negotiation of the Union of Brest-Litovsk dismembered the Ukrainians

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    INTRODUCTION: Independence, Famine, and Soviet Rule: At the end of World War I, Ukraine “enjoyed” a brief period of independence as a result of the 1917 Russian Revolution; unfortunately, this period lacked cohesive leadership as a result of competing Ukranian factions. Ukraine ultimately joined the Soviet Union in 1922, bringing more stability to the region. Ten years later, however, 10 million Ukrainians died as a result of the Holodomor, an orchestrated famine by Joseph Stalin. This was not

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    many reasons why the crisis in Ukraine happened and that there are many sides to the story. However, he highlights two major views. One view is that Ukrainians got tired of the authoritative pro-Russian corrupt president and decided to fight for their freedom and democracy by supporting the idea of entering the European Union. The other view is that the whole problem in Ukraine is not the president himself, it is his origin. The president is from the East of Ukraine, which is a Russian speaking part

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    territory of Ukraine in 2014. After the fall of the President of Ukraine as well as the protests of Euromaidan, Russia decided to take control of infrastructure and strategic areas within Ukraine. Russia joined Crimea after a disproved vote which resulted in Crimeans voting to join the Federation of Russia following official results. Therefore, pro-Russian groups organized demonstrations in the region of Donbass in Ukraine which intensified into armed conflict between the government of the Ukraine and the

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    Soviet Union, Ukraine has experienced its most prolonged and deadly crisis which has deconstructed government plans to create closer economic and trade ties with the European Union while also enticing a global impasse between Russia and the Western powers. The roots of the crisis stem from decades of inefficient and corrupt governance, an unbalanced economic system dominated by oligarchs, heavy reliance on Russia, and socioreligious differences between the Eastern and Western parts of Ukraine. Following

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    return, Ukraine History Origin of Ukraine was identified as ‘‘Kieran Russians’’ up awaiting the 16th century. In the 19th century , Kiev was the main political and cultural middle in eastern Europe. 13th to 16th century Kiev was underneath the pressure of Poland and western Europe. Moscow think agreement an invite to take over Kiev and Ukrainian position was finally absorbed in to the Russian kingdom. later than the statement of in Jan 28- 1918 and more than a few years of fighting. 1928 Ukraine be

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    fourteenth two thousand and fourteen. Evidence shows it most likely originated on the ground. Meanwhile Russias president Vladimir Putin says he is ready to work with his American counterpart president Barack Obama on things like the economy and sanctions against Russian companies. The new United States ambassador John Tefft to Russia met with and offered his credentials as the Russian president says America and Europe want to bring Russia under their control as Putin says is impossible. The ceremony

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    Cooperation with NATO. After joining NACC in 1992, Belarus was participating in different mechanisms of cooperation including PfP and PARP. (NATO-c)Belarus is the only country from the research sample group, which has never been granted IPAP. This means that Belarus has never been associated with the Alliance and has never expressed its aspirations to further develop cooperation with NATO. Neither was NATO too keen to deeply engage with Belarus due to lack of democracy in the country and Aleksandre

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    well, we must be aware of the more nefarious motives of nations for whom state intervention is merely a thin veil for imperialistic ambitions. With this, we consider the recent events in Ukraine and its impact on our national security. Brief History of Ukraine An independent country embroiled in civil war, Ukraine fell prey to attack from Soviet forces in 1921. The acquisition of the eastern two thirds of the state by Russia was considered “crucial...to the formation of the Soviet Union” (Conant

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