ID | 075246 |
Title Proper | Ukrainian foreign and security policy since the orange revolution |
Language | ENG |
Author | Kuzio, Taras |
Publication | 2006. |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | Kuzio instead focuses on the foreign policy in post-revolution Ukraine. The centre of Kuzio's analysis is Ukraine's EU and NATO trajectories. He first analyses Yushchenko's EU and NATO orientations and commitments, which marked a decisive shift from the ambiguous stance of the previous regime. He then surveys the respective positions within the political party system and the public at large on these two foreign policy questions. He concludes that NATO's "open-door policy" as opposed to the EU's policy of passivity and reticence has produced a difference in Ukraine's move towards the former as opposed to the latter. However, the Ukrainian political system and public remain far more reluctant and uncertain about the desirability of NATO with respect to EU membership, casting the country's foreign policy in a potential state of flux. |
`In' analytical Note | International Spectator Vol. 41, No. 4; Oct-Dec 2006: p25-42 |
Journal Source | International Spectator Vol: 41 No 4 |
Key Words | Ukraine ; International Relations ; Security Policy ; Political Development ; United States ; NATO Membership ; EU Membership |