Ukrainian Foreign and Security Policy : Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives

A key country for stability and security in Europe, Ukraine is struggling to create consistent foreign and security policies.

Political alliances, identity struggles, economic goals, and geopolitical position all pull this newly emergent state in different and often conflicting directions.

Due to its dependencies on both the West and Russia, Ukraine's foreign policy is in a state of flux.

To ensure stability in this newly-emergent state, the contributors to this volume argue that the West should be more assertive in offering and unambiguous developmental perspective, supporting democracy and the rule of law, and offer E.U. affiliation in the near future.