Board #26 - Exploiting Separatism: A Comparative Analysis of Russian Expansionism in Eastern European De Facto States

• In Event: 86-305 - Poster Session: Economic and Cultural Determinants of International Security

Brief Overview

My project seeks to analyze Russian territorial aggression in the context of the four separatist de facto states within the post-Soviet sphere, with an emphasis on Transnistria, as a means to understand the when and why of Moscow's expansionism.

Author

• John Patrick Flanagan, Marquette University