The Ukraine Crisis Thesis Structure and Content 1.

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The Ukraine Crisis Thesis Structure and Content 1. Brief Historical Overview of Ukrainian-Russian Relations 2. Ukraine's Path to Nationwide Unrest 3. Drawing the Fault Lines 4. Torn Between East and West 5. Independent Media Coverage and State-Directed Propaganda 6. The Current State of Domestic, Regional, and International Affairs 7. Resolving the Ukraine Crisis Brief Historical Overview of Ukrainian-Russian Relations - Soviet Ukraine and the Holodomor The Great Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933 killed an estimated 10 million people due the Collectivization Policy implemented by Soviet Authorities under the leadership of Joseph Stalin. - The Holocaust in Ukraine The Ukrainian Population suffered significantly during the occupation of Nazi Germany, with an estimated 3 million non-Jewish civilians and 1,6 million Jews being killed as part of the German extermination policies, as well as 7 million Ukrainian soldiers dying in Combat. - The Orange Revolution Nationwide Protests due to corruption and election fraud, resulting in the annulation of previous election results and leading up to the victory of pro-European politician Viktor Yushchenko. Ukraine's Path to Nationwide Unrest - Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement "The coverage by the New York Times and many other Western newspapers immediately blamed Yanukovych's decision to abort the Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement on "pressure" placed on Yanukovych by the Russian President Vladimir Putin rather than crediting Russia with offering a much better deal." - Oliver Boyd-Barrett - (Western Mainstream Media and the Ukraine Crisis) - The National Endowment for Democracy The West's final tool for peeling Kiev away from Moscow has been its efforts to spread Western values and promote democracy and other post-Soviet states, a plan that often entails funding pro-Western individuals and organization. Victoria Nuland, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, estimated in December 2013 that the United States had invested more than $5 billion since 1991 to help Ukraine achieve "the future it deserves." As part of that effort, the U.S. government has bankrolled the National Endowment for Democracy." - John J. Mearsheimer - (Why the Ukraine Crisis is the West's Fault) - Public Unrest and the Euromaidan Drawing the Fault Lines - Between Viktor Yanukovych and Peter Poroshenko Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, elected democratically in an election that the OSCE deemed fair and transparent, was ousted from office and followed by pro-European and close friend of President Viktor Yushcheko, Petro Poroshenko. - The Rise of Anti-Russian Sentiment Following the coup