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Sovereignty, Patrimony and International Law: Russia’s Attack on Ukraine

Sovereignty, Patrimony and International Law: Russia’s Attack on Ukraine

Name: Sovereignty, Patrimony and International Law: Russia’s Attack on Ukraine
Brand: Bristol University Press
SKU: 9781529242799
Price: 598.50 HKD
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Author: Rilka Dragneva-Lewers; Kataryna Wolczuk
ISBN: 9781529242799

Edited by Rilka Dragneva-Lewers · Kataryna Wolczuk

Bristol University Press February 2026

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781529242799
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Publication: February 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This book offers a concise yet in-depth analysis of Russia’s complex—though consistent—strategic approach to Ukraine over the past 30 years, placing it within a broad historical and geopolitical context.

It reveals how Russia’s ambitions toward Ukraine have been deeply rooted in a patrimonial paradigm—marked by a long-standing tradition of instrumentalizing sovereignty and (international) law. The book explores Moscow’s use of ‘legal smokescreens’ to gradually erode Ukraine’s sovereignty. It argues that the full-scale invasion was the culmination of Russia’s failure to assert its patrimonial claims through legal and diplomatic means over 1991-2021, offering an anatomy of that failure.

1. Introduction

2. Russia’s View on Power and Sovereignty: A Suzerainty Paradigm

3. Russia’s Legal Exceptionalism in the ‘near abroad’: International Law between Etiquette and Control

4. Departing the USSR: Legacies and Pathways

5. The Division of Strategic Assets: the Black Sea Fleet and its Base

6. Borders and Recognition

7. The Pursuit of Integration

8. Playing the Economic Card: Trade and Energy

9. The Role of the West

10. Conclusion

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