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An Unsettled Nation: Moldova in the Geopolitics of Russia, Romania, and Ukraine

With a foreword by John Paul Himka and David R. Marples - Taschenbuch
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
682 Seiten
Englisch
ibidemerschienen am27.03.2023Auflage
This book investigates state-building, distorted identities, and separatism in the Republic of Moldova. At various times, this region was a former imperial Russia borderland, a province in interwar Romania, a republic in the Soviet Union, and ultimately a modern state where the interests of Moscow and the West collide. The book presents research on the historical preconditions and spread of the secessionist movement in Transnistria, the war in the Dniester River valley, and the diplomatic deadlock of the Transnistrian problem. It further examines the conflicting positions that political parties, the public, and experts have taken towards the problems that challenge the nation- and state-building processes in this post-Soviet state. Additional focal points include the reassertion of Russia's power in the post-Soviet space, Ukraine's effort to become a major political player in the region, and Romania's attempt to retrieve its influence in Moldova. This study demonstrates that separatism generates mutually exclusive nation-building projects on the territory of a single state, where pre-existing historical conditions and geopolitical realities interweave and impede the construction of a modern nation-state. It also evinces that international actors play a significant role in this process, and that they are dominant and superimposed on the local decision-makers. Moreover, domestic and external factors connected with nation-building policies often conflict with each other and hinder the development of a resolution of the so-called "frozen conflict" over Transnistria.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextThis book investigates state-building, distorted identities, and separatism in the Republic of Moldova. At various times, this region was a former imperial Russia borderland, a province in interwar Romania, a republic in the Soviet Union, and ultimately a modern state where the interests of Moscow and the West collide. The book presents research on the historical preconditions and spread of the secessionist movement in Transnistria, the war in the Dniester River valley, and the diplomatic deadlock of the Transnistrian problem. It further examines the conflicting positions that political parties, the public, and experts have taken towards the problems that challenge the nation- and state-building processes in this post-Soviet state. Additional focal points include the reassertion of Russia's power in the post-Soviet space, Ukraine's effort to become a major political player in the region, and Romania's attempt to retrieve its influence in Moldova. This study demonstrates that separatism generates mutually exclusive nation-building projects on the territory of a single state, where pre-existing historical conditions and geopolitical realities interweave and impede the construction of a modern nation-state. It also evinces that international actors play a significant role in this process, and that they are dominant and superimposed on the local decision-makers. Moreover, domestic and external factors connected with nation-building policies often conflict with each other and hinder the development of a resolution of the so-called "frozen conflict" over Transnistria.

Inhalt/Kritik

Kritik
"Dr. Baidaus provides a meticulously researched and thorough analysis of Moldova's relations with its neighbors, the formation of the breakaway region of Transnistria at the behest of Russia, and the complex negotiations that have followed on the state's future and its relations with Romania, Russia, and Ukraine. This book is a welcome and much-needed addition to the field of East European studies." David R. Marples, University of Albertamehr

Autor

Eduard Baidaus holds doctoral degrees from the University of Alberta (2017) and from the Institute of History at the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (1995). He was a recepient of the Temerty Postdoctoral Fellowship in Holodomor Studies at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta (2021-2022). Dr. Baidaus is the author of three books in Moldova and has published multiple articles in Canada, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. He teaches history courses at Lakeland College in Lloydminster and at Red Deer Polytechnic in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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