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From 29 September 2014

Andrew Wilson's latest publicationÌýUkraine Crisis: What it Means for the WestÌýwill be available on e-book from 1 October and publishedÌý as a paperback original on 14 October.

The aftereffects of the February 2014 uprising in Ukraine are still reverberating around the world. The consequences of the popular rebellion and Russian President Putin’s attempt to strangle it remain uncertain. In this book, Andrew Wilson combines an on-the-scene account of the Kiev Uprising with a deeply informed analysis of what precipitated the events, what has developed in subsequent months, and why the story is far from over.

Andrew Wilson situates Ukraine’s February insurgence within Russia’s expansionist ambitions throughout the previous decade. He reveals how Putin’s extravagant spending to develop soft power in all parts of Europe was aided by wishful thinking in the EU and American diplomatic inattention, and how Putin’s agenda continues to be widely misunderstood in the West. He then examines events in the wake of the uprising—the military coup in Crimea, the election of President Petro Poroshenko, the Malaysia Airlines tragedy and rising tensions among all of Russia’s neighbours.

This volume provides an important, accurate record of events that unfolded in Ukraine in 2014 and sounds a clear warning that the unresolved problems of the region have implications well beyond Ukrainian borders.

Ukraine Crisis: What it Means for the WestÌýby Andrew Wilson. Yale University Press.

ISBN: 978-0-300211597. £12.99