The Shoals of Ukraine: Where American Illusions and Great-Power Politics Collide

In the January/February 2020 print edition of Foreign Affairs, Professor Serhii Plokhy (Harvard University) and Kissinger Center faculty member Professor Mary Sarotte (Johns Hopkins SAIS) explain the ways in which efforts to establish a durable post-Cold War Eurasian order have failed over the issue of Ukraine over the past 25 years. "Over the past quarter century, nearly all major efforts at establishing a durable post–Cold War order on the Eurasian continent have foundered on the shoals of Ukraine," write Professor Plokhy and Professor Sarotte.

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