The Game of Ukraine: Conflict in Donbass as an Outcome of the Multilayered Rivalry

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  • Miron Lakomy University of Silesia

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https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.13.2016.45.13

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war in Ukraine, Euromaidan, Donbass, Crimea

Abstract

This paper analyzes the war in Ukraine as an outcome of multilayered rivalry combined with unintentional mistakes committed by all possible sides. The first layer of competition concerns domestic differences visible between the Western and Eastern part of Ukraine. The second layer covers the regional rivalry between Poland and Russia, which has significantly contributed to the instability of Eastern Europe for several centuries. Finally, the third layer concerns the geopolitical game for influence between the West, led by the United States, and Russia along with several satellite states. Ukraine proved to be just another object of this competition, composed of such events as the Kosovo intervention, the Orange Revolution, the Caucasus war in 2008 and the Syrian chemical crisis.

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Author Biography

Miron Lakomy, University of Silesia

Assistant professor at the Department of International Relations, Institute of Political Science and Journalism, University of Silesia. Coordi-nator of National and International Security studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Silesia. He lectured in Italy (Universita degli Studi di Napoli 2011) and France (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis 2013) under Erasmus LLP program. He was also awarded Corbridge Trust scholarship from the University of Cambridge in 2011. He holds MA, Ph.D. and habilitation degrees in political sciences from University of Silesia. He has published three books and more than forty articles.

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2016-12-17

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Lakomy, Miron. 2016. “The Game of Ukraine: Conflict in Donbass As an Outcome of the Multilayered Rivalry”. Politeja 13 (45):279-315. https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.13.2016.45.13.

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