{"id":434809,"date":"2015-09-10T14:01:45","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T11:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/?p=434809"},"modified":"2015-09-10T14:01:45","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T11:01:45","slug":"frozen-conflict-in-moldovas-transnistria-a-fitting-analogy-to-ukraines-hybrid-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/frozen-conflict-in-moldovas-transnistria-a-fitting-analogy-to-ukraines-hybrid-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Frozen conflict in Moldova\u2019s Transnistria: a fitting analogy to Ukraine\u2019s hybrid war?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>History is a great teacher, so it\u2019s no surprise that Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s 2014 annexation of Crimea and his subsequent Kremlin speech justifying it brought back memories of the Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia\u2019s Sudetenland in 1938. Parallels between Hitler and Putin abound, as do their motivations and the eventual global impact of the two annexations\u2014even though they took place seventy-six years apart.   <\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s a more recent historical precedent for Russia\u2019s aggression, particularly in eastern Ukraine: the conflict in Moldova\u2019s restless Transnistria region. <\/p>\n<p>Both Transnistria and the Donbas region of Ukraine identify strongly with Soviet history and both are industrial hubs. Yet ethnic conflict has never been a factor in either place. Transnistria has always been populated by the same ethnic groups as the rest of Moldova, while the Donbas has always been home to the same groups as the rest of Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Both conflicts reached their worst level of violence once Moscow got directly involved: Russia\u2019s 14th Army in the case of Moldova, and Russian troops and Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Initially, Russia mobilized locals with stories of mysterious aliens intent on invading their respective regions. In Transnistria\u2019s case, the main emphasis of Kremlin propaganda was the Romanian threat. In the Donbas, the propagandists were more creative, frightening inhabitants with warnings about NATO weapons and the \u201cimmoral values\u201d of post-modern Europe.   <\/p>\n<p>Prior to the Soviet collapse, locals were warned that if Moldova became independent, it would immediately join Romania, and that they\u2019d suffer discrimination at the hands of \u201cNazi Romanians.\u201d Likewise, the population of the Donbas was intimidated with threats that the region\u2019s Russian-speaking inhabitants would be forcibly \u201cUkrainized\u201d by \u201cNazi Ukrainians.\u201d In both cases, these fears generated support for Russian troops, who were welcomed as saviors. <\/p>\n<p>Yet violent clashes resulted in de facto losses of state sovereignty over secessionist regions, and Moscow\u2014even though it had instigated both conflicts\u2014cynically joined in ceasefire talks, acting as peacemaker. In both Transnistria and the Donbas, Russia has tried, and still tries, to impose a pattern of federalization that will eventually give separatists the right to veto any Moldovan or Ukrainian overtures towards the West, thereby ensuring continued Russian influence on Chisinau and Kyiv.   <\/p>\n<p>Sadly, in both cases the rest of the world has limited ability to influence the situation, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is basically helpless in its attempts to mitigate the two conflicts, or effectively monitor events on the ground. <\/p>\n<p>Does this mean that Ukraine\u2019s Donbas is condemned to suffer the same fate as Moldova\u2019s Transnistria: decades of frozen conflict? While historical parallels can be helpful, they\u2019re also sometimes tricky, and what befell Moldova will not necessarily happen in Ukraine.   <\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the \u201cfrozen conflict\u201d option remains on the table. However, in Moldova\u2019s case, Russia was operating in the \u201cdefensive realism\u201d mode\u2014whereby Russia saw itself culturally as a mixture of East and We. In terms of international status, it perceived itself as a great power, temporarily in crisis; and in terms of geopolitical borders limited its appetites to Russia\u2019s borders with nearby ex-Soviet republics. These days, Moscow\u2019s rulers are in the \u201crevolutionary expansionism\u201d mode. Russia\u2019s self-perception has changed and it now perceives itself as a Eurasian, anti-American superpower. <\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Moscow is unlikely to be satisfied with the \u201cfrozen conflict\u201d option. Rather, it will strengthen efforts to regain control over the whole territory of Ukraine as it plots a larger fight for influence over all of Europe, using its vast arsenal of hybrid war weapons. While Russia\u2019s defensive realism provided Moldova twenty years of the status quo, Russian revolutionary expansionism gives Ukraine much less time to find a solution and get strong. Although Europeans may not realize it, they also have limited time to adapt to the new reality of Russian expansionism and to react promptly.   <\/p>\n<p>One might call such an approach alarmist, but anyone predicting war between Russia and Ukraine just a few years ago would also have been called alarmist. In this regard, history teaches us that sometimes it\u2019s better to be paranoid than have to face the consequences of indifference later on.   <\/p>\n<p><em>Sergiy Gerasymchuk is a board member of the Strategic and Security Studies Group in Kyiv, Ukraine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/blogs\/new-atlanticist\/frozen-conflict-in-moldova-s-transnistria-a-fitting-analogy-to-ukraine-s-hybrid-war\" target=\"_blank\">Atlantic Council<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>History is a great teacher, so it\u2019s no surprise that Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s 2014 annexation of Crimea and his subsequent Kremlin speech justifying it brought back memories of the Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia\u2019s Sudetenland in 1938. Parallels between Hitler and Putin abound, as do their motivations and the eventual global impact of the two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-434809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","category-reintegration"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>History is a great teacher, so it\u2019s no surprise that Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s 2014 annexation of Crimea and his subsequent Kremlin speech justifying it brought back memories of the Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia\u2019s Sudetenland in 1938. Parallels between Hitler and Putin abound, as do their motivations and the eventual global impact of the two annexations\u2014even though they took place seventy-six years apart.   <\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s a more recent historical precedent for Russia\u2019s aggression, particularly in eastern Ukraine: the conflict in Moldova\u2019s restless Transnistria region. <\/p>\n<p>Both Transnistria and the Donbas region of Ukraine identify strongly with Soviet history and both are industrial hubs. Yet ethnic conflict has never been a factor in either place. Transnistria has always been populated by the same ethnic groups as the rest of Moldova, while the Donbas has always been home to the same groups as the rest of Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Both conflicts reached their worst level of violence once Moscow got directly involved: Russia\u2019s 14th Army in the case of Moldova, and Russian troops and Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Initially, Russia mobilized locals with stories of mysterious aliens intent on invading their respective regions. In Transnistria\u2019s case, the main emphasis of Kremlin propaganda was the Romanian threat. In the Donbas, the propagandists were more creative, frightening inhabitants with warnings about NATO weapons and the \u201cimmoral values\u201d of post-modern Europe.   <\/p>\n<p>Prior to the Soviet collapse, locals were warned that if Moldova became independent, it would immediately join Romania, and that they\u2019d suffer discrimination at the hands of \u201cNazi Romanians.\u201d Likewise, the population of the Donbas was intimidated with threats that the region\u2019s Russian-speaking inhabitants would be forcibly \u201cUkrainized\u201d by \u201cNazi Ukrainians.\u201d In both cases, these fears generated support for Russian troops, who were welcomed as saviors. <\/p>\n<p>Yet violent clashes resulted in de facto losses of state sovereignty over secessionist regions, and Moscow\u2014even though it had instigated both conflicts\u2014cynically joined in ceasefire talks, acting as peacemaker. In both Transnistria and the Donbas, Russia has tried, and still tries, to impose a pattern of federalization that will eventually give separatists the right to veto any Moldovan or Ukrainian overtures towards the West, thereby ensuring continued Russian influence on Chisinau and Kyiv.   <\/p>\n<p>Sadly, in both cases the rest of the world has limited ability to influence the situation, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is basically helpless in its attempts to mitigate the two conflicts, or effectively monitor events on the ground. <\/p>\n<p>Does this mean that Ukraine\u2019s Donbas is condemned to suffer the same fate as Moldova\u2019s Transnistria: decades of frozen conflict? While historical parallels can be helpful, they\u2019re also sometimes tricky, and what befell Moldova will not necessarily happen in Ukraine.   <\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the \u201cfrozen conflict\u201d option remains on the table. However, in Moldova\u2019s case, Russia was operating in the \u201cdefensive realism\u201d mode\u2014whereby Russia saw itself culturally as a mixture of East and We. In terms of international status, it perceived itself as a great power, temporarily in crisis; and in terms of geopolitical borders limited its appetites to Russia\u2019s borders with nearby ex-Soviet republics. These days, Moscow\u2019s rulers are in the \u201crevolutionary expansionism\u201d mode. Russia\u2019s self-perception has changed and it now perceives itself as a Eurasian, anti-American superpower. <\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Moscow is unlikely to be satisfied with the \u201cfrozen conflict\u201d option. Rather, it will strengthen efforts to regain control over the whole territory of Ukraine as it plots a larger fight for influence over all of Europe, using its vast arsenal of hybrid war weapons. While Russia\u2019s defensive realism provided Moldova twenty years of the status quo, Russian revolutionary expansionism gives Ukraine much less time to find a solution and get strong. Although Europeans may not realize it, they also have limited time to adapt to the new reality of Russian expansionism and to react promptly.   <\/p>\n<p>One might call such an approach alarmist, but anyone predicting war between Russia and Ukraine just a few years ago would also have been called alarmist. In this regard, history teaches us that sometimes it\u2019s better to be paranoid than have to face the consequences of indifference later on.   <\/p>\n<p><em>Sergiy Gerasymchuk is a board member of the Strategic and Security Studies Group in Kyiv, Ukraine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/blogs\/new-atlanticist\/frozen-conflict-in-moldova-s-transnistria-a-fitting-analogy-to-ukraine-s-hybrid-war\" target=\"_blank\">Atlantic Council<\/a><\/p>\n<div class='heateorSssClear'><\/div><div  class='heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_horizontal_sharing' data-heateor-sss-href='https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/frozen-conflict-in-moldovas-transnistria-a-fitting-analogy-to-ukraines-hybrid-war\/' data-heateor-sss-no-counts=\"1\"><div class='heateor_sss_sharing_title' style=\"font-weight:bold\" ><\/div><div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_ul\"><a aria-label=\"Facebook\" class=\"heateor_sss_facebook\" 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