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Since its independence in 1991 the Republic of Moldova lurches between Russia and the EU. The recent parliamentary elections, which were marked by massive obstruction of the opposition, brought no clear decision. The crisis in the country continues. Adapted from the source document.

Ukraine-Geschichte: Kiewer Rus, Russisch-türkischer Krieg, Ukraine unter deutscher Besatzung; Ukraine nach 1991: Präsidenten Krawtschuk, Kutschma, Orangener Regimechange, Präsident Janukowitsch, Transitland Ukraine, Oligarchen und Staat, Ukraine-Putsch 2014, Putschisten und ihre ausländischen Unterstützer, IWF-Schockprogramm, Krim-Sezession.:Über den Autor. Einleitung. • Kurzabriss der ukrainischen Geschichte bis 1991; • Die Religion als weiterer Faktor der Zersplitterung der Ukraine; • Politische Ökonomie und Außenpolitik der Regierungen unter Präsident Krawtschuk; • Pragmatische Außen- und Wirtschaftspolitik unter Präsident Kutschma; • Die Orangenen: Neoliberale Schocktherapie und einseitige Annäherung an NATO und USA; • Der gemäßigte Außen- und Innenkurs der Regierungen unter Präsident Janukowitsch; Einordnung Janukowitschs und seines Machtblocks in die nationale und internationale politische Ökonomie; • Der Putsch im Februar 2014; Wechsel der Krim in die Russische Föderation; Warum Ukraine? Warum zu diesem Zeitpunkt? • Vom Putsch bis zur Präsidentschaftswahl; Eine Föderation Noworossija? Spiel der Oligarchen – Spiel mit den Oligarchen; • Fazit. Anhang: Karten.

In comparison with the Czech Republic, Slovakia has always been relatively neglected among German-speaking authors. One must therefore appreciate the efforts of authors H. Hofbauer and D.X. Noack, who have attempted to introduce Slovakia to the German speaking reader. The authors have managed to describe Slovakia in a rather complex way - beginning with the arrival of the Slavs in our territories and continuing up to the present day. Their book is mainly aimed at providing a political and economic overview of the country. It is worth mentioning that the authors have quite succeeded in achieving this goal, and that their analysis is suitable for the public at large. Adapted from the source document.

The region between the Baltic and the Black Sea was marked by a set of crises and conflicts in the 1920s and 1930s, demonstrating the diplomatic, military, economic or cultural engagement of France, Germany, Russia, Britain, Italy and Japan in this highly volatile region, and critically damaging the fragile post-Versailles political arrangement. The editors, in naming this region as "Middle Europe" seek to revive the symbolic geography of the time and accentuate its position, situated between Big Powers and two World Wars. The ten case studies in this book combine traditional diplomatic history with a broader emphasis on the geopolitical aspects of Big-Power rivalry to understand the interwar period. The essays claim that the European Big Powers played a key role in regional affairs by keeping the local conflicts and national movements under control and by exploiting the region's natural resources and military dependencies, while at the same time strengthening their prestige through cultural penetration and the cultivation of client networks. The authors, however, want to avoid the simplistic view that the Big Powers fully dominated the lesser players on the European stage. The relationship was indeed hierarchical, but the essays also reveal how the "small states" manipulated Big-Power disagreements, highlighting the limits of the latters' leverage throughout the 1920s and the 1930s