4.0

credits

Average Course Rating

Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova lie in a strategically important region of the Euro-Atlantic space. In the more than 20 years since they gained their independence from the Soviet Union, these states have been alternately excluded from collective security and economic integration, and made instruments in conflict between East and West. Yet each has also developed along its own distinct and complex path, reflecting inherited challenges related to nationality, identity, and historical memory, as well as current disputes over security alliances, control of resources, and political systems. This course investigates domestic political, social and economic questions, including issues of identity; foreign policy orientations; relations with NATO, U.S. and the EU; the influence of Russia; and the successes and failures of reintegration of the East European borderlands into post-Soviet Eurasia. <a href="http://bit.ly/1bebp5s" target="_blank">Click here to see evaluations, syllabi, and faculty bios</a>