Introducing triangular diplomacy / Alasdair R. Young and Vicki L. Birchfield
Empirical scene setting : the contours of the crisis and response / Alasdair R. Young and Vicki L. Birchfield
Outsourced diplomacy : the Obama Administration and the Ukraine crisis / Deborah Welch Larson
"Crowdfunded diplomacy"? : the EU's role in the triangular diplomacy over the Ukraine crisis / Hiski Haukkala
Democracy and progressive modernity in constructions of community : Europe, the United States, and the Russian "other" / Grainne Hutton, Sara Morrell, and Jarrod Hayes
Russia plays the (triangular) sanctions game / Christopher Patane and Cooper Drury
Ukraine and triangular diplomacy : Kyiv's legitimacy dilemmas in the midst of the crisis / Valentina Feklyunina and Valentyna Romanova
Whose international law? : legal clashes in the Ukrainian crisis / Mikulas Fabry
Triangular diplomacy and Europe's changing gas network : from "trying-angles" to stable marriage / Adam N. Stulberg
Comparison and triangulation / Vicki L. Birchfield and Alasdair R. Young.

Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Chapter 1: Introducing Triangular Diplomacy; Comparing the EU as a Foreign Policy Actor; The Challenges of Comparison; Introducing the Triangular Diplomacy Frame; Introduction to the Rest of the Volume; References; Chapter 2: Empirical Scene Setting: The Contours of the Crisis and Response; Real World Significance; From Trade Talks to Conflict via Annexation; Recent Transatlantic Relations with Russia; European Union: Interdependent, but Inattentive; United States: Tensions Without Respect; Takeaway

The Transatlantic Response and the Emergence of Triangular DiplomacyEfforts to Support Ukraine; Efforts to Reassure NATO Members; Efforts to End the Conflict; Mediating the Conflict; Punishing Russia and the Separatists; Takeaway; The Impact of Sanctions (or the Lack Thereof); Similar Despite Differences: The Basis for and Base of the Triangle; References; Chapter 3: Outsourced Diplomacy: The Obama Administration and the Ukraine Crisis; US Reset Policy Toward Russia; US Role in the Lead-up to the Ukraine Crisis; The US Response to the Crimean Annexation

Eastern Ukraine and the Minsk CeasefiresConclusions; References; Chapter 4: 'Crowdfunded Diplomacy'? The EU's Role in the Triangular Diplomacy Over the Ukraine Crisis; Introduction; The Main Contours of the EU's Policy vis-à-vis the East in a Triangular Context; The EU's Handling of the Crisis; Assessing the EU's Role in Triangular Diplomacy; Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: Democracy and Progressive Modernity in Constructions of Community: Europe, the United States, and the Russian 'Other'; Introduction; Foreign Policy as Discourse

Foreign Policy Constructions of Russia and the Ukraine CrisisUnited States; European Union; Germany; France; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Russia Plays the (Triangular) Sanctions Game; Political Survival and Sanction Effects; Using Sanctions as a Scapegoat; How Putin Is Weathering Sanctions; The Economic Crisis and Sanctions as External Threat; Sanctions as Force for Russian Revival; If It's Bad for Us, It's Worse for Them; The Putin Regime Abides; Are the Sanctions a Worthwhile Policy for the West?; References

Chapter 7: Ukraine and Triangular Diplomacy: Kyiv's Legitimacy Dilemmas in the Midst of the CrisisIntroduction; The West's Responsibilities; Ukraine at the Negotiating Table; Looking at the EU and the US: Whose Interests?; The Domestic Consequences of Diplomatic Disappointment; Conclusions; References; Chapter 8: Whose International Law? Legal Clashes in the Ukrainian Crisis; Introduction; The Role of International Law; Legal Arguments and Counter-Arguments in the Ukrainian Crisis; Russian Arguments; US/EU Counter-Arguments and Their Aftermath