{"product_id":"sovereignty-patrimony-and-international-law-russias-attack-on-ukraine-9781529242799","title":"Sovereignty, Patrimony and International Law: Russia's Attack on Ukraine","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rilka Dragneva | Kataryna Wolczuk\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bristol University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bristol University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: International\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a concise yet in-depth analysis of Russia's complex--though consistent--strategic approach to Ukraine over the past 30 years, placing it within a broad historical and geopolitical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It reveals how Russia's ambitions toward Ukraine have been deeply rooted in a patrimonial paradigm--marked by a long-standing tradition of instrumentalizing sovereignty and (international) law. The book explores Moscow's use of 'legal smokescreens' to gradually erode Ukraine's sovereignty. It argues that the full-scale invasion was the culmination of Russia's failure to assert its patrimonial claims through legal and diplomatic means over 1991-2021, offering an anatomy of that failure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bristol University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47775245303959,"sku":"9781529242799","price":4661.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781529242799.webp?v=1777989185","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sovereignty-patrimony-and-international-law-russias-attack-on-ukraine-9781529242799","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}