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The following is list of mostly academic papers which provides excellent background material for the current conflict in Ukraine. At least two of the papers are authored by U.S. military officers who sound much more reasonable than much of what we hear from Washington and within the corporate press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the articles are linked, the others are easily accessible online:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Menon, Rajan; and Ruger, William; \u201cNATO enlargement and US grand strategy: a net assessment\u201d, (2020). https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7212247\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zevelev, Igor; Rajan. NATO\u2019s Enlargement and Russian Perceptions of Eurasian Political Frontiers\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marten, Kimberly; \u201cReconsidering NATO expansion: a counterfactual analysis of Russia and the West in the 1990s. https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/european-journal-of-international-security\/article\/reconsidering-nato-expansion-a-counterfactual-analysis-of-russia-and-the-west-in-the-1990s\/356448EA9D5C63C53BE1EC6B33FE470A<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milano, James M., Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Army, \u201cNATO ENLARGEMENT FROM THE RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE\u201d, 1998. (available online)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granville, Johanna, \u201cAfter Kosovo: The Impact of NATO Expansion on Russian Political Parties\u201d (available online).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheterian, Vicken, \u201cThe August 2008 war in Georgia: From ethnic conflict to border wars\u201d (2009). https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/248962068_The_August_2008_war_in_Georgia_From_ethnic_conflict_to_border_wars<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cherkasova, Anna, \u201cWar Initiation by Weaker Powers: Georgia-Russia War 2008\u201d, (2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe New Russian Nationalism\u201d, an anthology edited by Kolsto, Pal and Blakkisrud, Helge. This series of essays helps explain Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in light of the Nation\u2019s strong nationalist sentiments. https:\/\/library.oapen.org\/handle\/20.500.12657\/30059<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kushnir, Ostap, \u201cMessianic Narrations in Contemporary Russian Statecraft and Foreign \u201c, (2019). Great paper on the Russian Messianic tradition and its impact on foreign relations. https:\/\/www.cejiss.org\/messianic-narrations-in-contemporary-russian-statecraft-and-foreign-policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davydov, Yurij, NATO Research Fellow; \u201cShould Russia Join NATO?\u201d (Final Report) 1998\/2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brovkin, Vladimir; \u201cDiscourse on NATO in Russia during the Kosovo War\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HAFKIN, GREGORY, \u201cTHE RUSSO-GEORGIAN WAR OF 2008: DEVELOPING THE LAW OF UNAUTHORIZED HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION AFTER KOSOVO\u201d, (2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tsygankov, Andrei P., \u201cThe Russia-NATO mistrust: Ethnophobia and the double expansion to contain \u201cthe Russian Bear\u201d (2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarotte, M.E., \u201cHow to Enlarge NATO: The Debate inside the Clinton
Administration\u201d, 1993\u201395. https:\/\/www.belfercenter.org\/publication\/how-enlarge-nato-debate-inside-clinton-administration-1993-95<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hendrickson, Gordon B., Major, USAF, \u201cNATO ENLARGEMENT\u2014ROUND TWO[:] PRUDENCE OR FOLLY?\u201d, (1999).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00d6ZKAN, OLESYA, \u201cTHE TRANSFORMATION OF THE NATO-RUSSIAN RELATIONS FROM YELTSIN TO PUTIN-MEDVEDEV LEADERSHIP BETWEEN 1991 AND 2009\u201d, (2010). (Excellent paper, very detailed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin\u2019s speech, and following discussion, at the 2007 Munich Security Conference\u2013a pivotal moment in Western-Russian relations. http:\/\/en.kremlin.ru\/events\/president\/transcripts\/24034<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taylor, Jeffrey, \u201cDeterring Russian Nuclear Threats with Low-Yield Nukes May Encourage Limited Nuclear War\u201d https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/851414<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antczak, Anna; \u201cRUSSIA\u2019S STRATEGIC CULTURE:
PRISONER OF IMPERIAL HISTORY?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sinovets, Polina; \u201cFrom Stalin to Putin: Russian Strategic Culture in the XXI Century, Its Continuity, and Change\u201d (2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rumor, Eugene and Sokolsky, Richard; \u201cEtched in Stone: Russian
Strategic Culture and the Future of Transatlantic Security\u201d; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; (2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katchanovski, Ivan; \u201cThe Far Right in Ukraine During the \u201cEuromaidan\u201d and the War in Donbas\u201d, (2016). https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/280114848_The_Far_Right_in_Ukraine_During_the_Euromaidan_and_Beyond<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zevelev, Igor, \u201cNATO\u2019s Enlargement and Russian Perceptions of Eurasian Political Frontiers\u201d. (The last third of this paper is particularly worth reading).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zaborsky, Victor; \u201cCrimea and the Black Sea Fleet in Russian- Ukrainian Relations\u201d (1995). https:\/\/www.belfercenter.org\/publication\/crimea-and-black-sea-fleet-russian-ukrainian-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saluschev, Sergey, UC Santa Barbara; \u201cAnnexation of Crimea: Causes, Analysis and Global Implications\u201d (2014). http:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/5vb3n9tc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suslov, Dmitry, “the Russian Perception of the Post-Cold War era and Relations with the West”
Harriman Institute, Columbia University. Lecture, November 9, 2016. https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/11qnTzEpPF4u0XJ7s3Tcg2if0iM0T3Tm9\/view?usp=drivesdk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saluschev, Sergey, UC Santa Barbara; “Annexation of Crimea: Causes, Analysis and Global Implications”, Global Societies Journal, 2014. This brief eleven page paper does an excellent job of providing a deeper understanding of Russia’s attachment to the Crimean peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mizrokhi, Elena, “Russian \u2018separatism\u2019 in Crimea and NATO:
Ukraine\u2019s big hope, Russia\u2019s grand gamble”, 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gotz, Elias, “Explaining Russia\u2019s Opposition to NATO
Enlargement: Strategic Imperatives, Ideas, or
Domestic Politics?”, date?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fischl, Kurt E., “NATO-RUSSIAN RELATIONS: OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES”, Naval Academy Thesis, 2002.
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