Co-hosted with the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), George Washington University and the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
In Near Abroad: Putin, the West, and the Contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus, the political geographer Gerard Toal moves beyond rhetoric to answer the basic question: Why does Russia invade its neighbors? Building on case studies of the conflicts in Georgia and Ukraine, Toal explores the geopolitical assumptions that shape the post-Soviet space, as well as the West’s response to them. His analysis makes the case for moving beyond Cold War inspired ‘thin geopolitics’ in U.S. …read more
Source: Center on Global Interests