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After years of stagnation, the neglected Ukraine conflict has once again returned to the international agenda. Volodymyr Zelensky's 2019 presidential election victory has led to changes in Ukraine's system of political governance. The new government broke the ice by abstaining from military narratives and cautiously opening avenues for communication with the separatist authorities in the Donbas region. Such changes forced the signatories to the Minsk II agreement and the parties to the Normandy Format, Russia, Germany, Ukraine, and France, to act. If the Ukraine conflict is seen as one of the main obstacles to a revitalized dialogue between the EU and Russia on a common European security and peace order, steps to resolve the conflict could be a key to embarking on such a path. The authors of this volume attempt here to define and analyse the variety of European and Russian objectives and the limits of compromise.
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Peter W. Schulze (1942–2020) war Privatdozent für Internationale Politik an der Universität Göttingen und Gründungsmitglied des DOC RI Berlin. Winfried Veit ist Politikwissenschaftler und Publizist.
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After years of stagnation, the neglected Ukraine conflict has once again returned to the international agenda. Volodymyr Zelensky’s 2019 presidential election victory has led to changes in Ukraine’s system of political governance. The new government broke the ice by abstaining from military narratives and cautiously opening avenues for communication with the separatist authorities in the Donbas region. Such changes forced the signatories to the Minsk II agreement and the parties to the Normandy Format, Russia, Germany, Ukraine, and France, to act. If the Ukraine conflict is seen as one of the main obstacles to a revitalized dialogue between the EU and Russia on a common European security and peace order, steps to resolve the conflict could be a key to embarking on such a path. The authors of this volume attempt here to define and analyse the variety of European and Russian objectives and the limits of compromise.
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»[…] die in diesem Band angebotene Perspektive [stellt] einen Schlüssel dar, um einen neuen Kalten Krieg in Mittelosteuropa zu verhindern.« Christoph Rohde, Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (2022) 15:113–115
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»[...] die in diesem Band angebotene Perspektive [stellt] einen Schlüssel dar, um einen neuen Kalten Krieg in Mittelosteuropa zu verhindern.« Christoph Rohde, Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (2022) 15:113-115
