title: The Crimean nexus: Putin's war and the clash of civilizations
abstract: The title of the book—probably foisted on the author by the publisher—includes ‘Putin’, ‘clash’, ‘war’, ‘civilization’ and ‘nexus’, so readers may be excused for thinking that this is yet another exercise in Russia bashing: long on emotions and speculation but short on facts and analysis. This is certainly not the case. There are not many authors who are as well qualified to cover the subject of Crimea as Constantine Pleshakov. He is a third-generation Crimean. After graduating from Moscow State
journal: International Affairs