Quenching Fire with Gasoline: Why Flawed Terminology Will Not Help to Resolve the Ukraine Crisis

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dc.contributor.authorGomza, Ivan
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-03T17:33:47Z
dc.date.available2020-11-03T17:33:47Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractSince late 2013, Ukraine’s contentious political environment has received many labels: riot, revolution, coup, invasion, civil war. Unfortunately, the use of a particular label often hinges on the user’s political sympathies and affiliations, which does not encourage balanced discussions. Recently, Jesse Driscoll entered the fray with his policy memo arguing that the Ukraine crisis could/should be described as a "civil war." He has two overarching arguments: 1) that events in Ukraine fit the scholarly definition of "civil war," and 2) should this description be consistently applied by actors in academia and in policymaking, it will contribute to conflict resolution. Both claims are dubious. I argue that "transnationalized insurgency" is a much more appropriate way to describe the situation in Ukraine’s Donbas. I also explain why changing terminology will probably not influence conflict resolution.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGomza I. A. Quenching Fire with Gasoline: Why Flawed Terminology Will Not Help to Resolve the Ukraine Crisis [electronic resource] / Ivan Gomza // PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo. - 2019. - No. 576. - [P. 1-6].en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/18454
dc.language.isoenuk_UA
dc.relation.sourcePONARS Eurasia Policy Memo.en_US
dc.statusfirst publisheduk_UA
dc.subjectDonbasen_US
dc.subjectcivil waren_US
dc.subjecttransnationalized insurgencyen_US
dc.subjectarticleen_US
dc.titleQuenching Fire with Gasoline: Why Flawed Terminology Will Not Help to Resolve the Ukraine Crisisen_US
dc.typeArticleuk_UA
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