Access all our in-depth analysis, scans and briefs on the origins of today’s tension in Ukraine: what happened in 2013 and 2014.
Today’s tension cannot be understood without comprehending the 2013-2014 crisis and conflict.
- Do you remember exactly how we reached the “Normandy Format” talks?
- Why are these discussions important?
- How and why is NATO involved?
- But what happened exactly in the Donbass? And in Crimea? And in Kiev?
- Isn’t it the time when the international situation became extremely polarized?
- Isn’t it when “Fake News” increased and became an issue?
- You are in a hurry to make your analysis and estimates but where to find proper analysis and reliable one, and how to find it quickly?
(Art design: Jean-Dominique Lavoix-Carli with a photo by Mstyslav Chernov/Unframe – CC BY-SA 3.0)
Researched and written by Dr Helene Lavoix, PhD in Political Studies, MSc in International Relations from SOAS, University of London, with 25 years experience in international relations (full bio).
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Escalation in Ukraine
Setting the stage
The Crisis in Ukraine
Conflict in Ukraine – Setting the Stage, 19 May 2014 (3591 words, approx. 18 pages) – (image:Independence square during clashes in Kyiv, Ukraine. Events of February 18, 2014 -Image by Mstyslav Chernov/Unframe – CC BY-SA 3.0)
Handling conflict analysis
Actors and Factors In Future Security Threats Analysis (1) – the Crisis in Ukraine, 24 March 2014 (1965 words, approx. 10 pages).
Actors Labelling and Factors In Future Threats Analysis (2) – The Crisis in Ukraine, 7 April 2014 (2000 words, approx. 10 pages).
Actors and Factors In Future Threats Analysis (3) – The Crisis in Ukraine, 21 April 2014 (2258 words, approx. 11 pages).
The actors
The Oligarchs
Conflict in Ukraine – State of Play – The Oligarchic System, 2 June 2014 (3000 words, approx. 15 pages).
Conflict in Ukraine – State of Play – The Oligarchs, 13 June 2014 (3825 words, approx. 19 pages).
The Far-Right
Ultra-Nationalism and the Far Right in Ukraine (1): Victims and Heroes, 20 October 2014 (4114 words, approx. 21 pages).
Conflict in Ukraine – The Far-Right (2): Demise or Metamorphosis?, 10 November 2014 (3944 words, approx. 18 pages).
Conflict in Ukraine – The Far-Right (3): Parties and Battalions, 17 November 2014 (3004 words, approx. 15 pages).
The Separatists
War and Peace in Ukraine: The Separatists (1), 30 June 2014 (2198 words, approx. 11 pages).
War in Ukraine: Hope, Outrage and Fortitude – The Separatists (2), 7 July 2014; updated 10 July 2014 (3826 words, approx. 19 pages).
International context and first aftermath
International Context
An Isolated Russia? Think Again!, 15 September 2014 (3722 words, approx. 18 pages).
Notes from past scans (and access to scans):
Fighting Wars of Narratives, from AQ to IS, Ukraine and Russia, 13 November 2014.
Narratives at War: EU-US vs Russia vs Crowdsourced?, 5 June 2014.
War and Weak Signals, 24 April 2014.
A strange bipolar world?, 17 April 2014.
A case study in escalation: NATO, the U.S. and Russia, 3 April 2014.
Risks on the US Dollar Supremacy?, 27 March 2014.
Towards a 19th Century Order?, 13 March 2014.
Beyond Ukraine, towards Change in the World Order?, 6 March 2014.
First aftermath for businesses
Impacts of the Conflict in Ukraine – Geopolitics, Uncertainties and Business, 28 November 2016 (3000 words, approx. 15 pages).
Lessons from the Conflict in Ukraine – Geopolitics, Uncertainties and Business, 5 December 2016 (2613 words, approx. 13 pages).
With these 14 in-depths analyses, 3 actors’ mappings and 8 briefs (as a whole approximately 220 A4 pages of in-depth analysis and research), you will have at your fingertips the analysis of the roots of the escalation in Ukraine, the dates and events, the names of the actors involved then, etc.
You will have access to these articles for three months and be able to download the mappings.
Nota: On 28 January 2022, all links were verified, updated and changed if necessary and when possible, and active.
