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SUMMARY:Revolutions\, counterrevolutions\, and (un)making of order in Euro
 pe: the case of Ukraine - Dr Michael John Williams\, Maxwell School\, Syra
 cuse University
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CONTACT:Dr Ayse Zarakol
DESCRIPTION:The struggle for international order is usually studied within
  international relations’ dominant systemic theories as driven by confli
 ct amongst the great powers\, with substate actors playing little to no ro
 le. This paper argues that international order is not just predicated on c
 oncentrations of state power and competition between great powers\, but al
 so on revolutions that need to be understood not simply as isolated\, dome
 stic events but rather as transnational phenomena that have impact far bey
 ond the borders of the state where they occur. The historical record is ri
 ch with examples of the interplay between revolutions\, states and order m
 aking. Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine is an illustrative example. 
 The Kremlin’s  ongoing illegal war against Kyiv is best understood not a
 s a push-back against NATO expansion\, but as a counter-revolutionary inte
 rvention to stem the demonstration effect of liberal democracy on Russia
 ’s internal polity\, as well as a repudiation of Europe’s emergent pos
 t-modern political order.
LOCATION:Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road (Sidgwick Site)\, Room 119
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