Aggression against Ukraine
Subtitle: territory, responsibility, and international law
By: by Thomas D. Grant
Series: American foreign policy in the 21st century
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9781137514639
Subjects: Foreign relations; Boundaries; Borderlands; Ukraine Conflict, 2014-; Annexation to Russia (Federation)
Description: "Aggression against Ukraine in 2014 marks a stunning shift.  Ever since 1945 it had been understood that the borders of States must not be the object of forcible change by other States.  Now, however, Russia has revived long-buried historical claims--and prosecutes them by dint of arms.  The annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and the subsequent armed incursions in eastern Ukraine under color of separatist movements in Donetsk and Luhansk challenge not just one State's territorial integrity.  These acts jeopardize the general settlement on which international law for almost three generations has rested.  This is the settlement which enabled human rights and modern institutions of international law to flourish.  Russia's domestic rejection of human rights and its new geopolitics of territorial seizure in this light should be seen not in isolation but as connected developments--and as a challenge to international law and global public order at large"--

"Conquest, annexation, secession by force--these belong to a statecraft which great powers after World War II seemed to have set aside for good. Russia in 2014 however brought them back. Aggression against Ukraine examines the stakes in Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk and other troubled borderlands--and for international law and public order as a whole"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Part I Aggression against Ukraine; title: Chapter One 'Glory and Outstanding Valour' The Seizure of Crimea; title: Chapter Two Crimea and the Use of Force; title: Chapter Three Non-Recognition; title: Part II The Territorial Settlement and International Law; title: Chapter Four The Privileged Character of Boundaries and Territorial Regimes; title: Chapter Five Boundaries, Territory and the Obligation Not to Recognize the Unlawful Situation; title: Chapter Six Use of Force and Other Values; title: Chapter Seven Boundaries, Territory and Human Rights; title: Part III Domestic Order, International Order and Mechanisms for Change; title: Chapter Eight The West's Interventions and Russia's Argument; title: Conclusion.