The Crimea: Europe's Next Flashpoint?

by Taras Kuzio

Russia has always had a difficult time accepting Ukraine as an independent state--and even more trouble acknowledging Ukraine's sovereignty over the Crimea and the port of Sevastopol.

The signing of an interstate treaty in 1997 recognizing the Russian-Ukrainian border paved the way for a compromise twenty-year Russian lease of the Sevastopol navy base for the Black Sea Fleet. Several factors have unraveled this compromise, including Russia's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0983084203
• ISBN13: 9780983084204
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Jamestown Foundation
• Length: 37 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.2" x 10.6"