An Unsettled Nation: Moldova in the Geopolitics of Russia, Romania, and Ukraine: With a foreword by John Paul Himka and David R. Marples (Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society) - Softcover

Baidaus, Eduard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3838215826 ISBN 13: 9783838215822

Verlag: ibidem, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

This book investigates state-building, distorted identities, and separatism in the Republic of Moldova. It presents research on the historical preconditions and spread of the secessionist movement in Transnistria, the war in the Dniester River valley, and the diplomatic deadlock of the Transnistrian problem. It examines the conflicting positions that political parties, the public, and experts have taken towards the problems that challenge the nation- and state-building processes in this post-Soviet state. Additional focal points include the reassertion of Russia’s power in the post-Soviet space, Ukraine’s effort to become a major political player in the region, and Romania’s attempt to retrieve its influence in Moldova.

This study demonstrates that separatism generates mutually exclusive nation-building projects on the territory of a single state, that international actors play a significant role in this process, and that domestic and external factors hinder the development of a resolution of the so-called "frozen conflict" over Transnistria.

Honorable Mention, 2024 Taylor and Francis Book Prize in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Canadian Association of Slavists.

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Eduard Baidaus holds doctoral degrees from the University of Alberta (2017) and from the Institute of History at the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (1995). He was a recepient of the Temerty Postdoctoral Fellowship in Holodomor Studies at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta (2021-2022). Dr. Baidaus is the author of three books in Moldova and has published multiple articles in Canada, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. He teaches history courses at Lakeland College in Lloydminster and at Red Deer Polytechnic in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.

Andreas Umland, M.Phil. (Oxford), Dr.Phil. (FU Berlin), Ph.D. (Cambridge), Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm, Senior Expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future in Kyiv, and Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Distinguished University Professor of Russian and East European History, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: ibidem
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3838215826
• ISBN 13: 9783838215822
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 680
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