Author profile: Peter Rutland

Peter Rutland is a Professor of Government at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He holds a BA from Oxford and a Ph.D from the University of York. He is associate editor of Russian Review and editor-in-chief of Nationalities Papers, the journal of the Association for the Study of Nationalities. He blogs about nationalism at http://nationalismwatch.wordpress.com/. He is the author of The Myth of the Plan (1985) and The Politics of Industrial Stagnation in the Soviet Union (1991), and editor of Business and State in Contemporary Russia (2001). His current research topics include the state of R&D in Russia and the role of identity politics in the failure of democracy in Russia. His publications are available online at http://prutland.web.wesleyan.edu/research.htm. Recent publications include ‘Petronation? Oil, gas and national identity in Russia,’ Post-Soviet Affairs (2014); ‘Explaining Pussy Riot,’ Nationalities Papers (2014); and ‘Neoliberalism in Russia,’ Review of International Political Economy (2013).

An Unnecessary War: The Geopolitical Roots of the Ukraine Crisis

Peter Rutland • Apr 9 2015 • Articles

Ukraine’s geopolitical position, and the interventions of competing outside powers pursuing their own self-interest led to the continuing civil war in Ukraine.

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