Maidan

Explains how Ukraines 2014 turn to the West was intertwined with events in the Baltic states which influenced, and were affected by, developments in Kyiv. 2024 marked the tenth anniversary of Ukraines Maidan Revolutiona landmark event in the evolution of the postCold War global order. What had started in late 2013 as a diplomatic showdown between Kyiv, Brussels and Moscow over Ukraines Association Agreement with the EU culminated in Europes deadliest conflict since the Second World War. Kyivs bold shift towards the West in 2014 had been closely connected with the Balticboth evolving in light of, and contributing to, policy developments in the greater region. Russias annexation of Crimea and invasion of Donbas triggered a rethink of security policy across this part of the continent, including defence planning, military spending, troop deployment and the regions positioning within the Euro-Atlantic security architecture. Maidan also reopened questions of Ukraines membership in, and Russias relationship with, NATO. Kyivs geopolitical reorientation further rekindled historical memory of Ukraines association with the wider Baltic, and inspired new thinking around a future geopolitical bloc comprising the so-called lands in between. This volume brings together leading experts of the history, theory and practice of international relations to examine the greater Baltics role in, and responses to, Maidan and its aftermath consequential developments that continue to reshape Europe today.