Individual Democratic Institutions Research Fellowships 1994-1996

The research reports reproduced here are the responsibility of the individual authors. Their reproduction does not imply any form of official or unofficial endorsement by NATO. The reports are offered in unedited form, as presented by their authors, with a view to make their findings available to a wide audience. Ukraine And European Security - International Mechanisms As Non-Military Options For National Security Of Ukraine. Bohdan LUPIY (Ukraine - 1996) Contents Introduction Chapter 1 National Security Of Ukraine Section 1. Understanding the Issues: Theoretical Background Section 2. Sectoral Analysis of Ukraine's National Security 2.1 Political Dimension 2.2 Military Sector 2.3 Economic Sector 2.4 Societal Sector 2.5 Environmental Sector Section 3. Conclusions: Consideration of the threats to the National Security of Ukraine Chapter 2 Ukraine's National Interests. Existing Trends In Foreign And Security Policies Section 1. Theoretical Background Section 2. Ukrainian Foreign and Security Policy and Realization of National Policy Objectives 2.1. Initial Formation of Ukraine's State Policy 2.2. Political Elite of Ukraine and its Security Policy Vision 2.3. A New Phase Section 3. Future Prospects: Strengthening State Security Through Integration Chapter 3 'Gradual' Approach Section 1. Ukraine's Policies on the level of Sub-regional cooperation 1.1. Theoretical Background: Integration Section 2. Ukraine and the CIS 2.1. Emergence and original development of the Commonwealth of Independent states 2.2. Ukrainian and Russian Vision of the CIS 2.3. CIS and Ukrainian-Russian bilateral Relations 2.4. CIS Integration as the Development of Political Formation 2.5. Ukraine and the Future of the CIS Section 3. Central and Eastern European States 3.1. Initial Relations and Prospects for Block Formation 3.2. Bilateral Cooperation Section 4. Implementation of the strategic goals of Ukrainian policy to the countries of Eastern-Central Europe Chapter 4 "Evolutionary Approach" - Ukraine And European International Establishments Section 1. Ukraine's Vision of European International Organizations and the Question of Security Guarantees Section 2. Ukraine and OSCE 2.1. Initial Steps 2.2. Helsinki Principles and Ukraine's Territorial Integrity 2.3. OSCE Confidence and Security Building Measures and Arms Control Regime in Europe 2.4. Ukraine and OSCE Mechanisms and Procedures: Problems with Practical Employment 2.5. Future Prospects Section 3. Ukraine and Council of Europe 3.1. Future Prospects Section 4. Ukraine and NATO 4.1. Ukraine and Expansion of NATO 4.2. Ukraine and NATO: from Cooperation to the PFP Individual Program 4.3. Future Prospcts Section 5. Ukraine and Western Europe - Relations with the European Union and the WEU 5.1. Western European 'Ukrainian' Policy Vision - Bilateral Relations 5.2. Ukraine and European Union 5.3. Ukraine and WEU 5.4. Future Prospects Section 6. Ukraine and International Financial Institutions 6.1. Future Prospects Concluding Remarks Bibliography