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On the Transferability of the Franco-German Model: The Case of Ukraine and Russia

Author : Alla Paslavska

Published in: Franco-German Relations Seen from Abroad

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Since 2014, Russia has been fighting a hybrid war against Ukraine. Besides conventional military forms of combat means of propaganda, economic measures as well as diplomacy are being used in this conflict. Started officially after the “Euromaidan” in 2014 to protect the Russian-speaking population from “Ukrainian fascists,” this war is unofficially a continuation of the Kremlin’s policy directed against Ukraine’s western integration. Eventually every war is bound to end. However, the wheel does not need to be reinvented for its peaceful ending and normalization of relations between belligerents to be achieved. If well-proven models for reconciliation and constructive cooperation are ready to be used, they obviously should be. This chapter analyzes the chances of a successful transfer of the Franco-German model to the architecture of the Ukrainian–Russian relations.

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Title: On the Transferability of the Franco-German Model: The Case of Ukraine and Russia
Author: Alla Paslavska
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Franco-German Relations Seen from Abroad
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-55143-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-55144-5

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55144-5_7