Sovereignty, Patrimony and International Law: Russias Attack on Ukraine

Sovereignty, Patrimony and International Law: Russias Attack on Ukraine This book offers a concise yet in-depth analysis of Russia's complex--though consistent--strategic approach to Ukraine over the past 30 years, placing it within a broad historical and geopolitical context.It reveals how Russia's ambitions toward Ukraine have been deeply rooted in a patrimonial paradigm--marked by a long-standing tradition of instrumentalizing sovereignty and (international) law. The book explores Moscow's use of 'legal smokescreens' to gradually erode Ukraine's sovereignty. It argues that the full-scale invasion was the culmination of Russia's failure to assert its patrimonial claims through legal and diplomatic means over 1991-2021, offering an anatomy of that failure. Autor: Rilka (University of Birmingham) Dragneva, Kataryna (University of Birmingham) Wolczuk Wydawnictwo: Bristol University Press Rok wydania: 2026 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 196 Wymiary: 13.3 x 21.3 x 1.7 cm Ilustracje: 2 Tables, black and white Język: angielski ISBN: 9781529242799