A Ukraine Reading List

The history of the Russia-Ukraine conflict is a long and complex one. Hopkins Press has published a variety of books and scholarly research on the topic, including the work below. We encourage a look at these book titles and papers for a deeper understanding of the context of the current situation. All journals articles below are freely available for the next month.

Books

Journal Articles

Russia's Ukraine Obsession
Lilia Shevtsova
Journal of Democracy, vol. 31 no. 1, January 2020
 

Ukraine's Post-Maidan Struggles: The Rise of an "Outsider" President
Joanna Rohozinska and Vitaliy Shpak
Journal of Democracy, vol. 30 no. 3, July 2019
 

The Return of the Empire: The Ukraine Crisis in the Historical Perspective
Serhii Plokhy
South Central Review, vol. 35 no. 1, Spring 2018

Ukraine Is Not Russia: Comparing Youth Political Activism
Taras Kuzio
SAIS Review of International Affairs, vol. 26 no. 2, Summer-Fall 2006

Deciding on the Borderland: The Ukrainian Elections of 2004
Ivan Ascher
Theory & Event, vol. 8 no. 2, 2005

Origins of the Unity Paradigm: Ukraine and the Construction of Russian National History (1620-1860)
​​​​​​​Zenon E. Kohut
Eighteenth-Century Studies, vol. 35 no. 1, Fall 2001