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
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: 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
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