In several recent cases of actual or attempted regime change, Western governments alleged
their opponents' possession of weapons of mass destruction as pretexts for war. Many such …

This book explores contemporary propaganda and mainstream Western news media, with
reference to the Ukraine crisis. It examines Western media narratives of the immediate …

The widespread international condemnation of the annexation of Crimea by Russia in March
2014 is at odds with the strong local support for the transfer of territory in the peninsula …

ABSTRACT Since annexing Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014, Russian authorities there
have introduced harsh repressive measures to silence opposition to the ongoing …

Overshadowed by their far more numerous counterparts from Donbas, Crimean IDPs have
been under-examined and misunderstood. Relying on interviews and focus groups …

This paper examines the process of how Crimean Tatars strived to attain group-
differentiated rights since they have returned to their homeland in the early 1990s. Whereas …

This article focuses on normative regime legitimization through the construction of external
threats and reference to national identity. According to aspirational constructivism …

Scholarly communities regularly experience changes in direction, instructional modes,
technological innovations and public policy. However, changes can be foisted on scholarly …

This thesis analyzes the impact of the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian
Federation on the minority rights policies of Ukraine by examining the case of the Crimean …

Tutkimuksessa analysoidaan Venäjän geopolityn rakentumista ja poliittisten päättäjien
geopolitiikan rakentamista eri aikakausina suhteessa maailmanpoliittiseen rakenteeseen ja …