How a Realist-Constructivist Theory Can Contribute to Understanding the 2014 Ukraine Crisis
Journal: Digital Repository (National Repository of Grey Literature)
Year: 2018

How a Realist-Constructivist Theory Can Contribute to Understanding the 2014 Ukraine Crisis Abstract Realism has been the predominant paradigm for analysing Russian foreign policy in recent times, however, it can sometimes appear lacking in convincing power. Constructivism offers some explanation for the motivation behind policy, however, again appears lacking in convincing power alone. Realist-constructivsm has been suggested to bridge the gap, as it were, between traditional notions of power,