Revolution and war in contemporary Ukraine : the challenge of change / Olga Bertelsen (ed.).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- Note on spelling and transliteration -- About the editor and contributors -- Introduction by Olga Bertelsen -- Ukraine : sources of destabilization -- The Ukrainian Revolution of 2013-2014 and the sources of Russia's response by George O. Liber -- Ukraine is the epicenter of the "world hurricane" by Yurii Scherbak -- War of narratives -- Ukraine and Russia : entangled histories, contested identities, and a war of narratives by Igor Torbakov -- Living with ambiguities : meanings of nationalism in the Russian-Ukrainian War by Myroslav Shkandrij -- The euromaidan, war, and cultural change in Ukraine -- Ideologies of language in wartime by Laada Bilaniuk -- Ukrainian euromaidan as social and cultural performance by Tamara Hundorova -- Crimea, the Black Sea, and the straits -- The annexation of crimea : Russia's response to Ukraine's revolution by Nedim Useinov -- Russian hegemony in the Black Sea Basin : the "Third Rome" in contemporary geopolitics by Dale A. Bertelsen and Olga Bertelsen -- Information and religious wars -- The invisible front : Russia, trolls, and the information war against Ukraine by Peter N. Tanchak -- The impact of Russia's intervention in Ukraine on Muslim, Jewish and Baptist communities by Andrii Krawchuk -- Reforming Ukraine -- The perpetual cycle of political corruption in Ukraine and post-revolutionary attempts to break through it by Oksana Huss -- Police reform : challenges and prospects by Bohdan Harasymiw -- Epilogue by Olga Bertelsen -- Dictionary of abbreviations -- Index.

What are the reasons behind, and trajectories of, the rapid cultural changes in Ukraine since 2013? This volume highlights: the role of the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian-Ukrainian war in the formation of Ukrainian civil society; the forms of warfare waged by Moscow against Kyiv, including information and religious wars; Ukrainian and Russian identities and cultural realignment; sources of destabilization in Ukraine and beyond; memory politics and Russian foreign policies; the Kremlin's geopolitical goals in its 'near abroad'; and factors determining Ukraine's future and survival in a state of war. The studies included in this collection illuminate the growing gap between the political and social systems of Ukraine and Russia. The anthology illustrates how the Ukrainian revolution of 2013-2014, Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula, and its invasion of eastern Ukraine have altered the post-Cold War political landscape and, with it, regional and global power and security dynamics. -- Provided by publisher.