UKRAINE IN CRISIS
By Taras Kuzio Ukraine is in the throes of a profound political crisis: A nascent party system is slowly emerging, but the parties embody several... MORE
KUCHMA VS YUSHCHENKO: TWO GENERATIONS VYING FOR POWER IN UKRAINE
By Oleg Varfolomeyev Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma's second and last term--a stint of good intentions and mediocre results--is coming to an end. Ironically, in the... MORE
RUSSIA’S GAS, UKRAINE’S PIPELINE, EUROPE’S ENERGY
By Sergei Kolchin [Author's Note: This article examines the agreement recently signed by three presidents--Russia, Ukraine and Germany--on setting up a gas consortium from the... MORE
IS UKRAINE READY TO JOIN NATO?
By Oleg Varfolomeyev After years of waffling between allegiance to Russia and the West, Ukraine has signaled its readiness to join NATO. Ukraine's Security Council... MORE
UKRAINE-EU: A TROUBLED RELATIONSHIP
By Taras Kuzio On July 4, Copenhagen will host the next Ukraine-EU summit. The session is unlikely, however, to resolve poor relations between the two... MORE
BELARUS AND UKRAINE: IN THE MIDDLE AND NOWHERE
By Arkady Cherepansky The funeral of the Cold War," said NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson, echoing language many others have used to describe the Russia-NATO... MORE
UKRAINE EMBARKS ON NATO COURSE.
On May 29-30 at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Anatoly Zlenko handed over a message from President Leonid Kuchma to the alliance.... MORE
UKRAINE SEEKS CLOSER RELATIONS WITH NATO AS TOP PRIORITY.
On May 23, Ukraine's presidency announced that it has decided to adopt a strategy of close integration with NATO and seek the alliance's support for... MORE
NATO TO UPGRADE FRAMEWORK OF RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE.
With the formation of "NATO at 20," the alliance's relations with Russia have almost overnight surged far ahead of NATO-Ukraine relations in political terms. Ukrainian... MORE
UKRAINE’S PRO-GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY FORCE LOOKS SHAKY.
The United Ukraine faction, set up under the guidance of President Leonid Kuchma, has gathered 178 deputies under its banners in Ukraine's newly elected 450-seat... MORE