title: Ukrainian Regime Cycles and the Russian Invasion
abstract: Western illusions and the war: the need for a more authentic analytical framework Since the collapse of the Soviet empire, Western observers have repeatedly had their illusions shattered by reality in the post-communist region.The first was the illusion of democratization: that the change of the political regimes in 1989-1991 would be followed by linear progress towards liberal democracy, and that any regime can be built on any kind of ruins of communist dictatorships. 1 In the case of Russia, V
journal: Central European University Press eBooks