Central Eurasia Studies

Central Eurasia Studies

The Crisis Management of Russian Federation in Ukraine Problem

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Mohammadreza Majidi 1
Mohammad Javad Fathi 2
Mohammad Taghi Jahanbakhsh 3
1 Associate Professor, Department of Regional Studies, University of Tehran
2 M.A. in International Relations, Allameh Tabataba’i University
3 PhD Student in International Relations, Allameh Tabataba’i University
10.22059/jcep.2018.207918.449648
Abstract
Russia has tried to conceptualize its buffer zone as near abroad in the post-Soviet era. Ukraine has an important position among the countries of this region because of numerous cultural and historical affinities. Therefore, the security and political issues of this scope are important for the Russian Federation. In 2013, Ukraine was faced with an erosive crisis and this issue has incited Russia to react harshly in order to manage the crisis automatically and immediately. The article intends to answer this question that how and by which tools and technics, Russia has managed the Ukraine crisis. The hypothesis is based on Russia’s approach to international crisis management, crisis occurrence in near abroad usually followed by Russian military reaction. The results indicates that due to the geo-economics, geostrategic and geopolitical importance of Ukraine, Russia managed the Ukraine crisis by using hardware tools collection including military invasion of Crimea, dispatching army troops to the east of Ukraine, delivery loads of super heavy war equipment to oppositions and supplementary software tools such as holding political-diplomatic meetings, imposing energy sanctions against European competitors and adopting advertising actions.
Keywords
Aggressive Approach
Crisis Management
Near Abroad
Russian Federation
Ukraine

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Central Eurasia Studies
Volume 10, Issue 2
Autumn & Winter
October 2017
Pages 359-376