Panagiota Manoli - Aftermath of the Ukrainian Crisis

Aftermath of the Ukrainian Crisis

The crisis in Ukraine that began in November 2013 constitutes a turning point in Euro-Atlantic security with potential global repercussions. It is the most significant security problem between Russia and the West in the post-Cold War period and the crisis has marked a new era in global politics. Contributions in this edited volume attempt to address a number of key aspects of the Ukrainian issue. How does the crisis impact upon Black Sea geopolitics and on regional governance? How can EURussia relations evolve under the new multipolar system? How is NATO affected? How important is the energy parameter in the RussiaUkraineEU triangle? This edited volume aims to disclose the diverse narratives on the roots, evolution and repercussions of the crisis, indicating the extent of its complexity and highlighting important parameters of the Ukrainian issue.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.

Panagiota Manoli is Assistant Professor in Political Economy of International Relations at the Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean (Greece), and Research Associate at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP). Panagiota Manoli is also the author of The Dynamics of Black Sea Subregionalism (2012).

Aftermath of the Ukrainian Crisis

The crisis in Ukraine that began in November 2013 constitutes a turning point in Euro-Atlantic security with potential global repercussions. It is the most significant security problem between Russia and the West in the post-Cold War period and the crisis has marked a new era in global politics. Contributions in this edited volume attempt to address a number of key aspects of the Ukrainian issue. How does the crisis impact upon Black Sea geopolitics and on regional governance? How can EURussia relations evolve under the new multipolar system? How is NATO affected? How important is the energy parameter in the RussiaUkraineEU triangle? This edited volume aims to disclose the diverse narratives on the roots, evolution and repercussions of the crisis, indicating the extent of its complexity and highlighting important parameters of the Ukrainian issue.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.

Panagiota Manoli is Assistant Professor in Political Economy of International Relations at the Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean (Greece), and Research Associate at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP). Panagiota Manoli is also the author of The Dynamics of Black Sea Subregionalism (2012).

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The chapters in this book were originally published in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 15, issue 2 (June 2015). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:

Preface

Preface

Ino Afentouli

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 15, issue 2 (June 2015) pp. 119120

Chapter 1

Global and regional repercussions of the Ukrainian crisis: an introduction

Panagiota Manoli

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 15, issue 2 (June 2015) pp. 121127

Chapter 2

Security relations in the Black Sea region: Russia and the West after the Ukrainian crisis

Nadia Alexandrova-Arbatova

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 15, issue 2 (June 2015) pp. 129139

Chapter 3

RussiaEU relations at a crossroads: preventing a new Cold War in a polycentric world

Alexey Gromyko

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 15, issue 2 (June 2015) pp. 141149

Chapter 4

NATORussia security challenges in the aftermath of Ukraine conflict: managing Black Sea security and beyond

Sharyl Cross

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 15, issue 2 (June 2015) pp. 151177

Chapter 5

Crimea and the quest for energy and military hegemony in the Black Sea region: governance gap in a contested geostrategic zone

Steven Blockmans

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 15, issue 2 (June 2015) pp. 179189

Chapter 6

After the Ukrainian crisis: Is there a place for Russia?

Hanna Shelest

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 15, issue 2 (June 2015) pp. 191201

Chapter 7

The energy parameters of the RussianUkrainianEU impasse: dependencies, sanctions and the rise of Turkish Stream

Theodoros Tsakiris

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 15, issue 2 (June 2015) pp. 203219

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Preface

Following the illegal annexation of Crimea and the change of borders of a sovereign state, we are certainly facing a change of paradigm in the relations of Russia with the West. This change happened in a year marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall 8 November 1989. Is it a pure coincidence?

Russia driven either by geopolitical or by internal political concerns undermines the order established in the 1990s with the consent of the then Russian leadership. Russia also casts doubt to decisions made by sovereign states and democratically elected governments. Why Russia should have a veto regarding the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of the democracies of central, eastern and south-eastern Europe? Questioning what happened in the last two decades, Moscow puts its own geopolitical interests above the free, democratic choice of the people of central, eastern and south-eastern Europe. In fact, it denies these people the right to democracy and free choice of their own future.

What happened in the European continent following the end of the Cold War was a democratization and stabilization process that allowed the reunification of the continent in a peaceful way. It was a pattern that allowed western European countries to cure the traumas of the Second World War and develop democratic institutions that secured peace and stability. It was this values-based model that allowed Germanys reintegration to the Western system after the war, and it was this same model that the West chose to secure peace and stability following Germanys reunification. So, there is nothing new and nothing bad about this choice. The option of westernization/Europeanization offered the countries of Central and Eastern Europe the opportunity to develop and prosper through democracy and integration. Lets think about the political and economic situation in Poland, in the Czech Republic or in the Baltic countries 25 years ago. And lets compare it with todays situation: the Euro-Atlantic and European integration offered to all new members the opportunity to choose their own future without patrons. Who could have denied to countries belonging historically to Europe the right to reintegrate their natural geographic and geopolitical environment?