This book analyses Ukraine's relations with each of its neighbours in the 1990s and the degree to which these relations fitted into Ukraine's broad objective of reorienting its key political ties from East to West.

This book analyses Ukraine's relations with each of its neighbours in the 1990s. It examines the degree to which these relations fitted into Ukraine's broad objective of reorienting its key political ties from East to West, and asseses the extent to which Ukraine succeeded in achieving this reorientation. It shows how in the early days of independence Ukraine fought off threats from Russia and Romania to its territorial integrity, and how it made progress in establishing good relations with its western neighbours as a means of moving closer towards Central European sub-regional and European regional organisations. It also shows how the sheer breadth and depth of its economic and military ties to Russia continued to exert such a strong influence that relations with Russia dwarfed Ukraine's relations with all other neighbours, resulting in a foreign and security policy which attempted to counterbalance the competing forces of East and West.

Introduction Part I: Regionalism and Ukraine's Foreign And Security Policy 1. A Theoretical Context Theories of regionalism: frameworks for analysis Systematic level theories of regionalism Regional level theories of regionalism Domestic level theories of regionalism Methodology Part II: The North-eastern Azimuth 2. Ukraine's Relations With Slavic States Relations with Russia Problems in the recognition of Ukraine's borders The military balance between Ukraine and Russia Economic relations Relations with Belarus Russia - an ever present shadow Conclusion 3. The North-eastern Azimuth - Subregional And Regional Integration Subregional Integration within the CIS CIS integration: rationale, issues and milestones Political co-operation Military Issues Economic
integration Conclusion to part two Part III: The Western
Azimuth 4. Ukraine's Relation With Central And East European Neighbours Relations with Poland: from the declarative
to the substantive 1991-1994: unfulfilled declarations 1994
onwards: the declarative becomes substantive Relations with
Hungary Relations with the Slovak Republic Relations with Romania The territorial dispute The signing of the Good-neighbourly Relations and co-operation Treaty Relations with Moldova The historical, economic, ethnic and strategic context for Ukraine's relations with Moldova 5. The Western Azimuth -
Subregional And Regional Integration Ukraine's failed proposals for subregional security structures Attempts to join politico-economic subregional structures Ukraine's subregional
prospects from 1994 Relations with western regional institutions NATO The European Union The impact of Ukraine's relations with states along the Western azimuth from 1994 Conclusion to part three Part IV: The Southern Azimuth 6. Relations With Black Sea Littoral Neighbours Relations with Black Sea littoral states The politics of transporting Caspian hydrocarbons Proposed transit routes 7. The Southern Azimuth - Subregional and Regional Institutions Subregional institutions in Black Sea politics Regional Institutions in Black Sea Politics Conclusion to part four Part V: A Conclusion Theoretical Implications Systematic level theories of regionalism Regional level theories of regionalism Domestic level theories of regionalism