title: Die Russische Annexion der Krim 2014: Welche Rolle spielte Überraschung, insbesondere für Deutschland?
abstract: This paper examines the role that surprise played in the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, particularly for Germany. It finds that the phenomenon of surprise was unanimously observed by those scrutinizing Crimea’s annexation, but its role or effect not systematically examined. Rather, surprise was neglected as a possibly decisive factor. Based on an analysis of its own data set on the annexation of Crimea in 2014, this research comes to the diametric assumption that surprise was decisive for
journal: MACAU (Kiel University)