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2.War, Displacement,
1.What is Ukraine-
and Human Trafficking
Russia war
and Exploitation
Despite, or rather because of, their historical closeness, relations between the two states have been
intermittently acrimonious ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The relations were extensively
studied during a ‘golden era’ of academic research on Ukraine’s foreign policy in the 1990s and early 2000s,
when scholars explored fast moving and intricate developments as Russia and Ukraine sought a modus
vivendi. Interest waned by the mid-2000s, with Ukraine’s foreign policy only coming back into focus with
the eruption of the Ukraine–Russia crisis in late 2013.
4.What can happen next in Ukraine?
Ukraine and Russia are currently engaged in a fierce battle of attrition in the Donbas.
If Ukraine gains the upper hand and pushes Russian forces out of areas they have occupied since
February, it will need to decide how much further it goes, and what the risks of doing so will be .
Ukraine is also likely to seek to regain control of the areas of the south occupied by entrenched
Russian forces and restore full access to its coastline. This will be a major challenge, but if Ukraine
does not do so its economy will be permanently weakened.