Ukraine, the EU and Russia : history, culture and international relations / edited by Stephen Velychenko.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Velychenko, Stephen.

Series:

Studies in central and eastern Europe

Studies in central and Eastern Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

International relations.

Ukraine--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation).

Ukraine.

Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--Ukraine.

European Union--Ukraine.

Physical Description:

viii, 186 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

In 2004 the 'Orange Revolution' put Ukraine back on Europe's mental map and the new government made entry into the EU a priority. But imperial-era preconceptions still influence foreign attitudes towards Ukraine and in Ukraine political independence from Russia is not matched by economic, cultural and psychological independence. Ukraine's pro-EU leaders not only face entrenched political rivals who maintain the institutional infrastructure of Russian language-use and promote pro-Russian nostalgia for the soviet past, they must deal with foreign business people whose activities keep Ukraine in the Russian-language communications sphere and politicians afraid of 'fragmenting Russia'. This book surveys the Ukrainian-EU relationship in light of the legacies of Russian rule. Its authors review and examine not only existing policies but also the long-term underlying interrelationships between national identities, loyalties, political/cultural orientations and political trends.

Contents:

Introduction : Ukraine : EU Member or a second Belarus? / Stephen Velychenko

Eurasianism then and now : a Russian conservative movement and its Ukrainian challenge / Martin Beisswenger

'Imperial culture' and Russian-Ukrainian unity myths / Oleh S. Iinytzkyi

Ambivalence or ambiguity? : why Ukraine is trapped between east and west / Mykola Riabchuk

The rhetoric of geography in Ukrainian literature, 1991-2005 / Marko Pavlyshyn

Managing memory in post-Soviet Ukraine : 'victory day' or 'remembrance day' / Roman Serbyn

Ukraine's European policy as an alternative choice : achievements, mistakes and prospects / Oleksiy Semeniy

The EU's impact on democratic transformation in Ukraine / Iryna Solonenko

The fraying lifeline : Ukraine and the European Union a year after the failed referenda / John R. Gillingham III

Conclusion / James Sherr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0230517994

9780230517998

OCLC:

126227011

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