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Hi OP.
This topic is my niche for International Relations and I actually wrote a paper last year about Russia's interests in the Ukraine Crisis from a neorealist perspective. I've put some sources down below that you might find useful. Also, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions and further discuss the Ukraine Crisis, it is a topic I thoroughly enjoy.
Ukraine Great Power Rivalry from the Carnegie Moscow Center
Russian 'separatism' in Crimea and NATO: Ukraine's big hope,
Russia's grand gamble by Elena Mizrokhi
Illegally Evading Attribution? Russia's Use of Unmarked Troops in Crimea and International Humanitarian Law by Ines Gillich
Russianization of Ukrainian National Security Policy under Viktor Yanukovych by Taras Kuzio
An Analysis of the Cold War Mentality by Charles E. Osgood
Like someone else mentioned, Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
Yeah sure! Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall is a great primer on how geography basically locks us into world political climate we have today.
https://www.amazon.com/Prisoners-Geography-Explain-Everything-About/dp/1501121464
https://www.amazon.com/Revenge-Geography-Coming-Conflicts-Against/dp/1400069831/ref=pd_sim_14_1/145-9649370-7593421?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1400069831&pd_rd_r=2T9333X1RTSTPRTN8BVX&pd_rd_w=B0Iug&pd_rd_wg=mrRgQ&psc=1&refRID=2T9333X1RTSTPRTN8BVX
Yes. That also gets into the more specific issue of America's hegemony over the seas, partly thanks to her pan-continental existence.
A few books that really discuss all these things:
https://www.amazon.ca/Prisoners-Geography-Explain-Everything-About/dp/1501121464
https://www.amazon.ca/Next-100-Years-Forecast-Century/dp/0767923057
According to Prisoners of Geography, a big reason why the US is a superpower is because it stretches from one side of the continent to the other, allowing it to have a presence in both the Atlantic and the Pacific without much trouble. This scenario would, according to the book, make our country far less powerful if it were to come to pass.