Everyone Loses

<p>Disorder erupted in Ukraine in 2014 involving the overthrow of a sitting government the Russian annexation of the Crimean peninsula and a violent insurrection supported by Moscow in the east of the country.</p><p>This <i>Adelphi </i>book argues that the crisis has yielded a ruinous outcome in which all the parties are worse off and international security has deteriorated. This negative-sum scenario resulted from years of zero-sum behaviour on the part of Russia and the West in post-Soviet Eurasia which the authors rigorously analyse. The rivalry was manageable in the early period after the Cold War only to become entrenched and bitter a decade later. The upshot has been systematic losses for Russia the West and the countries caught in between.</p><p>All the governments involved must recognise that long-standing policies aimed at achieving one-sided advantage have reached a dead end Charap and Colton argue and commit to finding mutually acceptable alternatives through patient negotiation.</p>