First Anniversary of the Vilnius Summit: Or, How Tolstoy Might Have Portrayed the Legacies of Yanukovich and Putin

CEPS Essays

4 Pages Posted: 28 Nov 2014

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Michael Emerson

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

Date Written: November 25, 2014

Abstract

Taking inspiration from both Tolstoy’s epic novel War and Peace and the Bible, Michael Emerson reflects in this CEPS Essay on the tumultuous year that has passed since President Yanukovich reneged on signing Ukraine’s Association Agreement with the EU, and on President Putin’s decision to intervene in Ukraine, tearing up all norms of international relations and public morality and inducing the sanctions that now inflict grave economic damage on Russia itself.

Keywords: Ukraine, Russia, Vilnius Summit

Suggested Citation

Emerson, Michael, First Anniversary of the Vilnius Summit: Or, How Tolstoy Might Have Portrayed the Legacies of Yanukovich and Putin (November 25, 2014). CEPS Essays, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2531603

Michael Emerson (Contact Author)

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) ( email )

1 Place du Congres
Brussels, 1000
Belgium

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