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EUROPE'S LAST FRONTIER?
Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine between Russia and the European Union
Edited by Oliver Schmidtke and Serhy Yekelchyk
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From Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date: Jan 2008
268 pages
Size 5-1/2 x 8-1/4
$85.00 - Hardcover (0-230-60372-6)

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Description
Three former western Soviet republics—Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova—now find themselves torn between the European Union and the increasingly assertive Russia. This volume examines the foreign and domestic policies of these republics with an eye to the lasting legacy of Russian domination and the growing attraction of Europe.

Author Bio
Oliver Schmidtke is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and the Department of History at the University of Victoria, where he also holds a Jean Monnet Chair in European History and Politics. His recent books include Of States, Rights, and Social Closure: Governing Migration and Citizenship, edited with Saime Ozcurumez (2007, in press) and Die Einhegung des Anderen. Türkische, polnische und russlanddeutsche Einwanderer in Deutschland, Klaus Eder and Valentin Rauer, co-authors (2004). 

Serhy Yekelchyk is an associate professor of Slavic studies and history and chair of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Victoria. His recent books include Stalin’s Empire of Memory: Russian-Ukrainian Relations in the Soviet Historical Imagination (2004) and Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation (2007).

Table of contents
Introduction--Oliver Schmidtke & Serhy Yekelchyk * Out of Russia’s Long Shadow--Serhy Yekelchyk * From Soviet Ukraine to the Orange Revolution--Natalie Mychajlyszyn * Belarus in the Lukashenka Era--Per Anders Rudling * Post-Soviet Moldova’s National Identity and Foreign Policy--Steven D. Roper * The Donbas: The Last Frontier of Europe?--Hiroaki Kuromiya * In the Minority in Moldova--Hülya Demirdirek * The Promise of Europe--Oliver Schmidtke & Constantin Chira-Pascanut * Taking Ukraine Seriously--Derek Fraser * The Failed Revolution--David R. Marples * EU–Russia Relations and the Repercussions on the “In-betweens”--Stefan Gänzle

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