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Ukraine-Crimea-Russia: Triangle of Conflict 95 The Crimea was the only region of Ukraine in the 1990s where separatism SPPS arose and inter-ethnic conflict potentially could have taken place between 47 the Ukrainian central government, ethnic Russians in the Crimea, and Crimean Tatars. Such a conflict would have inevitably drawn in Russia Kuzio SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET POLITICS AND SOCIETY and Turkey. Russia had large numbers of troops in the Crimea within the Edited by Dr. Andreas Umland former Soviet Black Sea Fleet. Ukraine also was a nuclear military power until 1996. This book analyses two inter-related issues. Firstly, it answers the question why Ukraine-Crimea-Russia traditionally have been a trian- gle of conflict over a region that Ukraine, Tatars and Russia have histori- Taras Kuzio cally claimed. Secondly, it explains why inter-ethnic violence was averted Ukraine – Crimea Russia in Ukraine despite Crimea possessing many of the ingredients that ex- isted for Ukraine to follow in the footsteps of inter-ethnic strife in its former Ukraine – Crimea – Russia Soviet neighbourhood in Moldova (Trans-Dniestr), Azerbaijan (Nagorno Karabakh), Georgia (Abkhazia, South Ossetia), and Russia (Chechnya). Triangle of Conflict The material in Kuzio’s book will be of interest to those with a strong inter- est in Crimea, and readers can benefit considerably from some of the au- thor’s insights, based on many years of research and writing on Ukraine. John (Ivan) Jaworsky, University of Waterloo The author: Taras Kuzio is a Toronto-based leading international expert on contem- porary Ukrainian and post-communist politics, nationalism, and European integration at the Centre for Political and Regional Studies, Canadian Insti- tute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, and Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations (CTR), School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of numerous books and articles. 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