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Record Nr.

UNINA9910478910103321

Autore

Pijl Kees van der

Titolo

Flight MH17, Ukraine and the new Cold War : Prism of disaster / / Kees van der Pijl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2018

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2020

©2018

ISBN

1-5261-3108-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 pages)

Collana

Geopolitical economy

Disciplina

947.7086

Soggetti

Aircraft accidents - Investigation - Ukraine

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Crash, Ukraine, 2014

Electronic books.

Western countries Foreign relations Russia (Federation)

Russia (Federation) Foreign relations Western countries

Ukraine Politics and government 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-191) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : a civilian airliner in the firing line -- The global gamble of a new Cold War -- Divided Ukraine -- From the Maidan revolt to regime change -- The civil war and the MH17 disaster -- Aftermath : a failed state on NATO's frontline.

Sommario/riassunto

On 17 July 2014 Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down amid unrest in Ukraine, a conflict that led to a NATO-Russia standoff and the onset of a new period of East-West confrontation. This is the first scholarly work on the Ukrainian unrest and the tragic downing of MH17. It offers an analysis that challenges the Western consensus surrounding these events, emphasising the geopolitical and economic context of the West's standoff with Russia, the BRICS bloc, and the struggles over the EU's energy supply. Based on previously unpublished government and NATO documents as well as a wide array of sources this book offers an analysis of global political economy and contemporary debates about Russia and East-West relations.