Europe's Last Frontier?

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • Oliver Schmidtke, Serhy Yekelchyk

   Pages 1-8

3. Out of Russia’s Long Shadow: The Making of Modern Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova

   • Serhy Yekelchyk

   Pages 9-29

4. From Soviet Ukraine to the Orange Revolution: European Security Relations and the Ukrainian Identity

   • Natalie Mychajlyszyn

   Pages 31-53

5. Belarus in the Lukashenka Era: National Identity and Relations with Russia

   • Per Anders Rudling

   Pages 55-77

6. Post-Soviet Moldova’s National Identity and Foreign Policy

   • Steven D. Roper

   Pages 79-96

7. The Donbas—The Last Frontier of Europe?

   • Hiroaki Kuromiya

   Pages 97-114

8. In the Minority in Moldova: (Dis)Empowerment through Territorial Conflict

   • Hülya Demirdirek

   Pages 115-131

9. The Promise of Europe: Moldova and the Process of Europeanization

   • Oliver Schmidtke, Constantin Chira-Pascanut

   Pages 133-156

10. Taking Ukraine Seriously: Western and Russian Responses to the Orange Revolution

    • Derek Fraser

    Pages 157-173

11. The Failed Revolution: Reflections on the 2006 Elections in Belarus

    • David R. Marples

    Pages 175-194

12. EU-Russia Relations and the Repercussions on the “In-Betweens”

    • Stefan Gänzle

    Pages 195-229

13. Back Matter

    Pages 231-255

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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 states with an eye to the lasting legacy of Russian domination and the growing attraction of Europe.

• Europe
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• foreign policy
• revolution
• russian and post-soviet politics
• european union politics

"It must be indispensable reading for newcomers, for anybody who is just approaching the region, whether as a student, as a policy-maker, or as a specialist in some other areas interested in comparison." - Canadian Slavonic Papers/Revue canadienne des slavistes

"This is an outstanding book that deserves a wide audience of historians, sociologists, political scientists, and specialists in east European and Slavic studies. The essays hang together and speak to some of the most important themes of contemporary politics in the region, politics that have enduring historical relevance." - Slavic Review

• Department of Political Science and the Department of History, University of Victoria, Canada

  Oliver Schmidtke

• Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, University of Victoria, Canada

  Serhy Yekelchyk

Oliver Schmidtke is Associate Professor of Political Science and History, and Serhy Yekelchyk is Associate Professor of Slavic Studies and History, both at the University of Victoria.

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