The Return of the Cold War

J L Black is Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor of Carleton University, Ottawa, and Director of the Centre for Research on Canadian-Russian Relations with the History Department, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Michael Johns is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Vice Dean of Arts at Laurentian University, Barrie Campus, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

International Relations 1. Assisted Suicide: Internal and External Causes of the Ukrainian Crisis 2. Caught Between Russia and NATO: The EU During and After the Ukrainian Crisis 3. Belarus in the ‘New Cold War’: A Promising Mediator? 4. The Crisis in Ukraine and the Ukrainian Diaspora: February-December 2014 Military 5. Brothers Disunited: Russia’s Use of Military Power in Ukraine 6. Explaining the Ukrainian Army’s Defeat in Donbass in 2014 Economic and Social Considerations 7. Western Economic Sanctions and Russia’s East-West Economic Orientation 8. Lost and Forgotten: The Conflict Through the Eyes of the Donbass People Image and Perception 9. Setting the Tone. Misinformation and Disinformation from Kyiv, Moscow, Washington, and Brussels in 2014 10. Shaping New Narratives: How New Histories are Created 11. German Attitudes towards Russia: The Post-Maidan Era in Context 12. The Maidan Massacre in Ukraine: A Summary of Analysis, Evidence, and Findings 13. Conclusion