Thinking of a Way Out of the War in Donbas

Jesse Driscoll’s main thesis in the discussion is: Thinking A Way Out Of Ukraine’s Civil War. In a comparative perspective, Driscoll shows how unlike the way other civil wars end, Ukraine is unusual because the core strategic problem isn’t a collective action problem but a bargaining problem between competing potential ‘lead states’ that don’t trust each other and view their interests as non-complimentary.