Introduction / Elizabeth A. Wood The origins of Russia's war in Ukraine: the clash of Russian and European "civilizational choices" for Ukraine / E. Wayne Merry Ground zero: how a trade dispute sparked the Russia-Ukraine crisis / William E. Pomeranz Russia's grand choice: to be feared as a superpower or prosperous as a nation? / Maxim Trudolyubov A small victorious war?: The symbolic politics of Vladimir Putin / Elizabeth A. Wood Conclusion / William E. Pomeranz