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Russia's Overlooked Invasion
By Jakob Hauter
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Hauter arrives at this conclusion based on a thorough review of the digital open source information (DOSI) available on the Internet. He argues that social science research needs theoretical and methodological innovation to operate in the abundant but murky information environment surrounding the Donbas War and other conflicts of the social media age. To address this challenge, he develops an escalation sequence model which divides the formative phase of the Donbas War into six critical junctures. He then combines the social science methodology of process tracing with DOSI analysis to investigate the causes of these critical junctures. For each juncture, Hauter assesses the available evidence of domestic causes and Russian interference, reaching the conclusion that, in most cases, there is convincing evidence that Russian involvement was the primary cause of armed escalation.
¿This excellent, meticulously researched book is important. Not only does it provide fresh insights based on forensic analysis into the escalation of violence in Ukraine¿s Donbas region in 2014, it breaks new methodological ground: It shows how process tracing and the use of digital open source information can be combined in a rigorous way to deal with the informational challenges associated with conflict. Russiäs Overlooked Invasion brings much-needed transparency to an opaque but vital subject.¿
¿Ben Noble, Associate Professor of Russian Politics, UCL SSEES
¿Most previous accounts of the war in Eastern Ukraine have not gone beyond generalities. Hauter uses open source Intelligence for a forensic analysis, breaking down the events leading to war into six critical junctures, in four of which Russia is shown to have been the primary actor. Without Russia, moreover, there would have been no necessary progression through the six phases, and a containable conflict would not have become a hot war.¿
¿Andrew Wilson, Professor of Ukrainian Studies, UCL SSEES
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
330
Release Date:
2023-09-04
Publication Date:
2023-09-04
Publisher:
ibidem-Verlag
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
3838218035
ISBN13:
9783838218038
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Weight:
428 g
Height:
148 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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