Crisis in Ukraine does not bring back Cold War borders

The currently on-going world conference of the Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS) presents new research findings on the formation and change of borders in the areas of the former Soviet Union. Taking place consecutively in Joensuu, Finland, and St Petersburg, Russia, on 9–13 June 2014, the ABS world conference addresses some of hottest topics in international relations when it comes to post-Soviet borders. The conference presents the results of the first phase of the EUBORDERSCAPES project, funded by the EU, shedding light on the background of the Ukraine crisis from a multitude