National Attributes Analysis on Russia Crimea Annexation

Farras Ghaly, Radityo Dharmaputra

2018

Abstract

In the last decade, there was a crisis that occurred in Ukraine. The crisis began when the president of Ukraine Viktor F. Yanukovych withdrew from signing the Association Agreement (AA) with the EU in November 2013 that had been negotiated for several years. The crisis then widened and led to the annexation of the Crimea conducted by Russia in 2014. The annexation violated Budapest Memorandum of 1994 mentioning Russia guarantees that Russia will respect the independence and sovereignty in the territory of Ukraine and refrain from using threats or force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine. This article then tries to explain the reasons behind the Russians’ action. Based on the assumption that the national attributes such as geographic, military capability, economic capacity and system of government can influence foreign policy decisions, this article explores how these national attributes affect Russia's decision to annex Crimea in 2014. In this article, address national attributes such as the geographical location as well as the national military capabilities possessed by Russia.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ghaly F. and Dharmaputra R. (2018). National Attributes Analysis on Russia Crimea Annexation. In Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR, ISBN 978-989-758-493-0, pages 469-476. DOI: 10.5220/0010278900002309

in Bibtex Style

@conference{acir18,
author={Farras Ghaly and Radityo Dharmaputra},
title={National Attributes Analysis on Russia Crimea Annexation},
booktitle={Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,},
year={2018},
pages={469-476},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010278900002309},
isbn={978-989-758-493-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,
TI - National Attributes Analysis on Russia Crimea Annexation
SN - 978-989-758-493-0
AU - Ghaly F.
AU - Dharmaputra R.
PY - 2018
SP - 469
EP - 476
DO - 10.5220/0010278900002309