Ukraina prieš oranžinę revoliuciją ir po jos: demokratizacijos ir euroatlantinės integracijos perspektyvos ; Ukraine before and after the "orange revolution": perspectives of democratization and Euroatlantic integration

Abstract

From the end of the Cold war there is no shortage of academic analyses and political considerations on the possible directions of foreign and security policy of Ukraine. The researches usually stress the strategic location of the country. It is asserted that its foreign and security policy is conditioned not only by domestic (political, socio-economical) factors, but also by the position of the country between "overlaping integrational spaces". Ukraine is influenced by Western "neighbourhood" which has extended to the Central Eastern Europe and is manifesting itself.