Heikki Patomaki, Tuomas Forsberg

Debating the War in Ukraine

Counterfactual Histories and Future Possibilities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Debating the War in Ukraine discusses whether the war in Ukraine could have been avoided, and, if so, how? In this dialogical book, the authors discuss nodal points of history in terms of counterfactuals and contrastive explanations, concluding by considering future possibilities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 98
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 138mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781032450865
• ISBN-10: 103245086X
• Artikelnr.: 71236432

Autorenporträt

Tuomas Forsberg is Director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and Professor of International Relations at Tampere University, Finland. Heikki Patomäki is Professor of World Politics at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and a Life Member of Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: On Explanations
Contrasts
and Counterfactuals 2. The 1990s: Sowing the Seeds of War After the End of the Cold War 3. The 2000s: Wars
Revolutions
and Misfired Declarations 4. The 2010s: The War in Ukraine Starts 5. Coercive Diplomacy and the Outbreak of War in 2021-2022 6. The Shape of Things to Come