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Puppenspieler in der Ukraine und TaiwanWer auf die Landkarte blickt, sieht, dass die USA Russland und China einkreisen. Sie spielen mit dem Feuer und gefährden die europäische Sicherheit durch die beabsichtige Aufstellung von landgestützten Atomraketen und Anti-Raketenbasen in Polen und Rumänien. Der Tribut, den die USA von ihren europäischen Vasallen verlangen, ist die Erhöhung der Militärausgaben auf zwei Prozent des Bruttoinlandsproduktes, der Ersatz russischer Erdgas-Lieferungen durch umweltschädliches US-Fracking-Gas und die vorbehaltlose Unterstützung der US-Handelskriege mit China, Russland und dem Iran. Europa muss sich von der amerikanischen Vorherrschaft befreien. Die USA (700 Milliarden Dollar Militärausgaben) brauchen die europäischen Staaten (rund 300 Milliarden Dollar Rüstungsausgaben) für ihre Sicherheit nicht. Sie brauchen sie nur als Vasallen, um ihre Weltherrschaft auszuüben. Europa ist wirtschaftlich und militärisch in der Lage, sein Schicksal selbst zu bestimmen. Es muss sich vom Schlepptau der USA lösen. Es gelten die Worte Helmut Schmidts: Europa muss Russland als Partner sehen, nicht als Gegner Für den Frieden in der Welt geht von Russland heute viel weniger Gefahr aus, als etwa von Amerika.

'The extraordinary writers in this volume articulate the taste, the terror, and the dialect of war; they command their powers of description to face a shameless empire intent on annihilating them' Ellena SavageA selection of Ukraine's leading writers convey the reality of life within Ukraine during the first year of the invasionOn 24 February 2022, the lives of Ukrainians were devastatingly altered. Since that day, many of Ukraine's writers have attempted to fathom what is happening to them and to their country. This anthology brings together writing from inside Ukraine, by Ukrainians, available in English for the first time. Here they document everyday life, ponder the role of culture amid conflict, denounce Russian imperialism and revisit their relations with the world, especially Europe and its ideals, as they try to comprehend the horrors of war.From tearing-downs of Russia's use of culture as justification of the war to moving descriptions of nights spent sheltering in corridors, poignant snatched moments with a husband on his single night away from the army, to descriptions of the eerie weather in the months leading up to the invasion, as if nature was trying to warn Ukraine, these essays reveal the texture, rawness and reality of life in Ukraine under war as never before.

How a war in Ukraine precipitated an international economic conflict affecting us all.

A powerful graphic novel exploring the struggle for survival of displacedpeople.

How did the Ukrainian oligarchy survive the institutional disruption of the Euromaidan revolt of 2013/2014? How did it manage to continue its extractive political and economic practices, amid deep changes in Ukraine¿s society and polity? To answer these questions, this book analyzes the evolution of the Ukrainian super-rich in 2006-2017, tracing the process of conversion of wealth into political influence through vote-buying in the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) and of the transformation of political influence back into wealth via elite rent-extraction schemes within the Ukrainian gas sector. A key argument is that continuity in informal practices between the Yanukovych and Poroshenko presidencies, and of the networks that conduct them, meant a prolongation of the dominant political economy regime. The study conceptualizes the processes of the recreation of Ukrainian oligarchy as a ¿currency flow,¿ or circuit, of wealth and power. It adds to the literature on the dynamics of informally dominated post-communist political economy regimes a detailed, integrated, and internally comparative case study of Ukraine."This book is ambitious in its scope ... a thoroughgoing empirical study of one of the defining features of politics in Ukraine.¿¿Dr Sarah Whitmore, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Oxford Brookes University"A successful attempt to combine usage of theories of oligarchy and national prosperity."¿Dr Rasmus Nilsson, Lecturer in Russian Politics, SSEES, University College London

A powerful record of the first four months of the Russian-Ukrainian war, this book is at once the testimony of one man entering a new reality as he writes and the story of a society unified in its fight for the right to exist.

A momentous human and sporting story of our times - a nation at war and the fight of a football club to play on.

Uncover the history of Ukraine, from the ancient past until the presentday.

På operationsbordet lå en lille pige på bare 7 år med et stort hul i brystkassen, kun fordi Nataliya rent fysisk klemte forsigtigt om barnets lille hjertet, holdt hun pigen i live. Helt bogstaveligt stod hun med det lille liv i sin hånd, imens lægen desperat forsøgte at stoppe blødningerne efter den granatsplint, som i første omgang havde revet brystet op på pigen. En dump eksplosion i nærheden fik bygningen til at ryste, kalk og betonstøv dryssede ned fra loftet, lyset blinkede, men Nataliya lænede sig blot skærmende ind over barnet, ikke et eneste sekund stoppede hun med at holde det lille hjerte i gang. I denne dokumentarroman bliver livet og vilkårene for ukrainerne sat sammen til et samlet billede af den krig, Putin og Rusland har påført Ukraine, Europa og hele verden. Igennem 5 fiktive ukrainske borger opleves virkeligheden på nært hold gennem krigens første 3 måneder, sådan som den udspiller sig i al sin gru ved både fronten og i de civile områder. Alle hændelser gennem denne dokumentarroman har virkelig fundet sted i en eller anden form, her 10. juli 2022 regner missiler og granater stadig ned over den ukrainske civilbefolkning. Efterfølgende denne dokumentarroman er 6 afsnit omhandlende de spørgsmål, mange stiller sig selv?

Civil society in Eastern Europe has long been labeled weak based on a lack of participation in formal organizations. However, this fails to recognize the impact of informality where it permeates economic, political, and social spheres. Below the Radar convincingly shows that informal engagement constitutes an essential component of civil society.

Neste quinto volume da Colectânea de Contos Traduzidos pelos vencedores do Concurso de Tradução Literária, apresentamos o segundo livro de contos da mul- tifacetada escritora Ucraniana Kateryna Babkina.

The first book of reportage from the front line of the Ukraine war. This is a powerful, moving first draft of history written by the award-winning Guardian journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Collusion and Shadow State.'An excellent, moving account of an ongoing tragedy.' ANNE APPLEBAUM'Compelling, important and heartbreaking.' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE'Essential reading.' ELIOT HIGGINS, founder of Bellingcat'Brilliant.' ANDREY KURKOVFor months, the omens had pointed in one scarcely believable direction: Russia was about to invade Ukraine. And yet, the world was stunned by the epochal scale of the assault that began in February 2022. It was an attempt by one nation to devour another.Invasion is Luke Harding's compelling chronicle of the war that changed everything. For this breathtaking work of reportage he spent months reporting on the ground during the build up to the conflict and afterward; his book tells of the initial days of shock and panic, the grim reality of this ongoing war, and the unheard human stories behind the headlines. Invasion also offers insightful portraits of the the war's two great personalities. One, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is an actor-turned-president who rallied support on a global stage. The other, Vladimir Putin, is a dictator who dwells in a strange and unreachable realm. Harding examines the ideological, religious and personal reasons behind Putin's decision to invade. And he confronts a crucial question: which side will prevail in this terrible war?With the ripple effects of the largest armed conflict in Europe since 1945 already being felt beyond Ukraine and Russia's borders, it is more vital than ever to understand how the situation on the front line will have profound effects for us all. Written in Luke Harding's starkly transfixing style, Invasion makes for essential reading.'Luke Harding is one of the best reporters in the world.'ROBERTO SAVIANO, author of Gomorrah***Author royalties from this edition will go to the Disasters Emergency Committee's Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

This book provides a practice-based analysis of European Union (EU) diplomacy and community-building. It will be of interest to researchers of European studies, as well as to those working on global cooperation and international relations more broadly.

Fully illustrated account of how the Third Reich's Army Group South was defeated in 1944-45 by the Red Army.

'Vivid. Shocking. [Miller] brings a seasoned, personal perspective to his account of both the 16-month conflict and its wider roots.'Daily Telegraph'A beautiful blend of memoir, reportage and history...superb.'Irish TimesA breathtaking exploration of Ukraine's past, present, and future, and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia, written by the leading journalist of the conflict.When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine just before dawn on 24 February 2022, it marked his latest and most overt attempt to brutally conquer the country, and reshaped the world order. Christopher Miller, the Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times and the foremost journalist covering the country, was there on the ground when the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border. But the seeds of Russia's war against Ukraine and the West were sown more than a decade earlier.This is the definitive, inside story of its long fight for freedom. Told through Miller's personal experiences, vivid front-line dispatches and illuminating interviews with unforgettable characters, The War Came To Us takes readers on a riveting journey through the key locales and pivotal events of Ukraine's modern history. From the coal-dusted, sunflower-covered steppe of the Donbas in the far east to the heart of the Euromaidan revolution camp in Kyiv; from the Black Sea shores of Crimea, where Russian troops stealthily annexed Ukraine's peninsula, to the bloody battlefields where Cossacks roamed before the Kremlin's warlords ruled with iron fists; and through the horror and destruction wrought by Russian forces in Bucha, Bakhmut, Mariupol, and beyond.With candor, wit and sensitivity, Miller captures Ukraine in all its glory: vast, defiant, resilient, and full of wonder. A breathtaking narrative that is at times both poignant and inspiring, The War Came To Us is the story of an American who fell in love with a foreign place and its people - and witnessed them do extraordinary things to escape the long shadow of their former imperial ruler and preserve their independence.

Tag med på en rejse fra Sovjetimperiets sidste dage, over det nye Ruslands fødsel, til den demokratiske genrejsning i 1990’erne. Dengang var landet omgærdet af så mange store forhåbninger, som dog hurtigt blev erstattet af en militaristisk og imperialistisk dagsorden, der udmøntede sig i en hævnlyst, som med årene er blevet selve drivkraften for Vladimir Putin.Med fokus på en broget skare af personligheder går bogen bag kulisserne i det politiske liv i Moskva, i Ruslands store virksomheder, i militæret og den hemmelige tjeneste, blandt mediefolk og spindoktorer.  Centralt står spørgsmålet: Hvordan kunne det ske? Hvordan kunne et land, der med flyvende faner bevægede sig væk fra statsdiktat og stormagtsekspansionisme, havne i en situation, der på mange punkter er værre og mere udsigtsløs end dengang? Mange faktorer spiller ind – historiske, socialpsykologiske, kommercielle, menneskelige. Det er denne komplekse, historiske udvikling bogen beskriver i en række skæbnefortællinger, der til sammen udgør den store historie om det moderne Ruslands vej mod katastrofen.