title: Nation-Building and Separatism in Eastern Europe: The Transnistria Problem in Moldova and in the Geopolitics of Russia, Ukraine, Romania and the European Union (1917-2014)
abstract: This study investigates the process of nation-building in the Republic of Moldova. It bridges the national revival of the Romanian-speaking Moldovans with the rise of anti-Moldovan resistance and pro-Russian separatism in the self-proclaimed Transnistrian republic. The results indicate that the unsettled identities in the Soviet and Romanian past, the dysfunctional Moldovan nationhood, and Russia’s involvement in this protracted conflict impede national reconciliation and disrupt state building 
journal: University of Alberta Library