An unfulfilling partnership: Ukraine and the West, 1991–2001

Autor: Oleksandr Pavliuk
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: European Security. 11:81-101
ISSN: 1746-1545
0966-2839
DOI: 10.1080/09662830208407525
Popis: The political crisis in Ukraine in early 2001 and then the terrorist attacks against the US and the resulting dramatic change of international setting have sealed the trend that had emerged much earlier: the once promising partnership between Ukraine and the West has ended up in mutual unhappiness. As the West is discovering new ‘geopolitical pivots’ in the aftermath of 11 September, Ukraine has almost disappeared from the radar screen of Western attention. Yet for good reasons what happens in Ukraine, a currently uncertain and weakened country with a poor international reputation, still matters for the West. There has always been a close link between Ukraine's transition and Western attitudes towards Ukraine. This might be the moment to think afresh about past and future Western policies vis‐a‐vis Ukraine.
Databáze: OpenAIRE