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 an unambiguous developmental perspective, supporting democracy and the rule of law, and offer E.U. affiliation in the near future.International Relations theory and Ukraine's foreign policy are examined in the first section, followed by chapters exploring civil-military relations. Next comes a look at Ukraine's foreign and security policy orientations in comparative context. The book concludes with chapters focusing on matters of national identity, ideology, and their impact on Ukrainian security policy. Scholars and analysts of contemporary Eastern European politics will be interested in what these well-known scholars and government officials have to say about the contemporary state of affairs in this pivotal nation.

The first book to link area studies with international relations regarding Ukraine, featuring well-known scholars and government officials

Introduction: Ukrainian Foreign and Security Policy Within a Theoretical and Comparative Perspective by Jennifer D.P. MoroneyInternational Relations Theory and Ukrainian Foreign PolicyThe Limits of Realism: Ukrainian Policy Towards the CIS by Victor ChudowskyConstructivist Theory and Ukrainian Foreign Policy by Paul D'AnieriUkraine's Foreign Policy on Europe's Periphery: Globalization, Transnationalism, and the Frontier by Jennifer D.P. MoroneyCivil-Military Relations Theory and UkraineSecurity, Democracy, and "Civil-Democratic Control" of Armed Forces in Ukraine by James SherrCivil-Military Relations in a Sovereign Ukraine: Contributing or Detracting from the Security of a New Nation? by Stacy R. ClossonForeign and Security Policy OrientationsDefining a Ukrainian Foreign Policy Identity: Business Interests and Geopolitics in the Formulation of Ukrainian Foreign Policy 1994-1999 by Tor BukkvollThe Polish-Ukrainian Inter-State Model for Cooperation and Integration: Regional Relations in a Theoretical Context by Joshua SperoUkraine, GUUAM, and Western Support for Sub-Regional Cooperation in Europe's Security Gray Zone by Jennifer D.P. Moroney and Sergei KonoplyovNational Identity, Ideology, and Ukrainian Security PolicyEuropean, Eastern Slavic, and Eurasian: National Identity, Transformation, and Ukrainian Foreign Policy by Taras KuzioNational Identity and Foreign Policy Orientations in Ukraine by Mikhail MolchanovConclusion by Mikhail Molchanov