Forum: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Russia's unrestrained invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was an extraordinary event of global significance. The war that has ensued, however, is only a continuation of the "hybrid" war that Russia unleashed against Ukraine with its occupation of Crimea and sponsoring of Donbas separatism in 2014. Behind today's altered security landscape, high energy prices, and food shortages lies Vladimir Putin's attempt to undo the results of Ukraine's Euromaidan and Revolution of Dignity in the winter of 2013-14, placing Ukraine on the front line of a broader, long-term struggle between dictatorship and democracy.
Canada is home to extraordinary expertise on Ukraine, and Canadian Slavonic Papers / Revue canadienne des slavistes is committed to drawing on this expertise and that of our contributors worldwide to shed light on the unfolding crisis. This collection brings together articles from various disciplines that analyze Russia's war and its consequences, illuminate its historical and international context, and reflect on future prospects.
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Edited by
James Krapfl(McGill University)
Guillaume Sauvé(Université de Montréal)