Paolo Pizzolo is assistant professor and post-doctoral research fellow at the Centre for International Studies and Development (CISAD) of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

• List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgementsForeword by Emilian KavalskiForeword by Michael O. SlobodchikoffIntroduction: Putin’s revisionist “risk” and the nature of Russian nationalismPart IChapter 1: Chronicles from a borderland: A brief overview of Ukraine’s historyChapter 2: The limits of Russian soft power in Ukraine and the resort to hard powerChapter 3: The war in Ukraine and the state of armed conflictsPart II Chapter 4: Interpretation One: The revenge of geopoliticsChapter 5: Interpretation Two: The geostrategic quandaries of NATO enlargementChapter 6: Interpretation Three: The geoeconomic quest for Eurasian integrationChapter 7: Interpretation Four: The specter of the clash of civilizationsConclusionBibliographyAbout the Author

The main insight of Pizzolo’s book lies in its offering of four historically and theoretically informed interpretations of Russia’s war in Ukraine, interpretations that coincide with Russian standpoints on this brutal war, as well as in its elaboration of six scenarios for a ‘post-war territorial organization’ of Ukraine.

Paolo Pizzolo is assistant professor and post-doctoral research fellow at the Centre for International Studies and Development (CISAD) of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

• List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgementsForeword by Emilian KavalskiForeword by Michael O. SlobodchikoffIntroduction: Putin’s revisionist “risk” and the nature of Russian nationalismPart IChapter 1: Chronicles from a borderland: A brief overview of Ukraine’s historyChapter 2: The limits of Russian soft power in Ukraine and the resort to hard powerChapter 3: The war in Ukraine and the state of armed conflictsPart II Chapter 4: Interpretation One: The revenge of geopoliticsChapter 5: Interpretation Two: The geostrategic quandaries of NATO enlargementChapter 6: Interpretation Three: The geoeconomic quest for Eurasian integrationChapter 7: Interpretation Four: The specter of the clash of civilizationsConclusionBibliographyAbout the Author

The main insight of Pizzolo’s book lies in its offering of four historically and theoretically informed interpretations of Russia’s war in Ukraine, interpretations that coincide with Russian standpoints on this brutal war, as well as in its elaboration of six scenarios for a ‘post-war territorial organization’ of Ukraine.

Paolo Pizzolo is assistant professor and post-doctoral research fellow at the Centre for International Studies and Development (CISAD) of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

• List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgementsForeword by Emilian KavalskiForeword by Michael O. SlobodchikoffIntroduction: Putin’s revisionist “risk” and the nature of Russian nationalismPart IChapter 1: Chronicles from a borderland: A brief overview of Ukraine’s historyChapter 2: The limits of Russian soft power in Ukraine and the resort to hard powerChapter 3: The war in Ukraine and the state of armed conflictsPart II Chapter 4: Interpretation One: The revenge of geopoliticsChapter 5: Interpretation Two: The geostrategic quandaries of NATO enlargementChapter 6: Interpretation Three: The geoeconomic quest for Eurasian integrationChapter 7: Interpretation Four: The specter of the clash of civilizationsConclusionBibliographyAbout the Author

The main insight of Pizzolo’s book lies in its offering of four historically and theoretically informed interpretations of Russia’s war in Ukraine, interpretations that coincide with Russian standpoints on this brutal war, as well as in its elaboration of six scenarios for a ‘post-war territorial organization’ of Ukraine.