interests. Tracking the economic and political role of natural gas through multiple countries--Russia and Ukraine, the United … differences in economic ideology. Even as post-Soviet Russia pushes west, and Europe pushes east in a contest of business models … network of pipelines linking Europe and Russia, natural gas serves as a bridge that unites the region through common economic …

This paper tests three hypotheses about the origins of the conflict which begun in 2014 in Ukraine, using the 1995 …-2011 World Values Surveys. First, a hypothesis that the economic situation of young fighting-age men in Eastern Ukraine worsened … relative to that of young men in Russia during 1995-2011 is examined. Second, a hypothesis that the political views of …

Ukraine. Changes over time in outcomes in the mainly Russian-speaking Eastern and Southern regions are compared to both those …-speaking regions of Ukraine became both generally more like neighbouring Russians and also more like their compatriots in their … economic circumstances and views. Relative to Russian residents of border regions, respondents in Western Ukraine became …

in pursuit of their interests have perpetuated systemic racism. Therefore, the case of Ukraine serves as a poignant … the guardians themselves looms large, particularly in light of Russia's involvement as a permanent member of the United …