Mind the Gap: interpreting the Minsk II Agreement. IES Policy Brief Issue 2016/3 • March 2016
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2016

This Policy Brief is the first of a two-part feature that examines Russia’s ability to influence French, German and EU narratives on the Minsk II agreement and Ukraine’s evolving position in the international system. This first Policy Brief will focus on the competing Russian and Ukrainian narratives surrounding Minsk II. Thus, it will examine Russia’s efforts to portray Ukraine as a ‘failed state’ and a ‘semi-sovereign’ subject, and to blame the West for provoking a ‘civil war’ in the country.