NATO, Russia, Poland, and Ukraine: Perspectives on the Ukraine Candidacy for NATO Membership

by Naval Postgraduate School

Ukraine's NATO ambitions form a controversial but vital international issue because they implicate the contradictory perspectives of Poland and Russia. The history and self-perceptions of all three states shape and reshape the question of Ukraine joining NATO, as a key step toward westernization, integration, and independence. The challenges of accommodating these competing visions of the past and future are relevant beyond the alliance to all practitioners...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1511613378
• ISBN13: 9781511613378
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"