26.05.2015 | Vít Beneš

The East’s Flight from Russia

Comment of Vít Beneš on the sources of the Ukraine crisis was published at the Svenska Dagbladet blog. In the article Vít Beneš argues that the notion about “the West moving into Russia’s backyard” is a serious distortion and misinterpretation of the post-Cold War history. After the end of the Cold War, the West did not march anywhere. In fact, Russia’s backyard moved.

You can read the Swedish article here.

About the author: Vít Beneš is the IIR Researcher and among his areas of interest  are for example the EU enlargement or the European integration.




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