Ukraine in the World : Studies in the International Relations and Security Structure of a Newly Independent State

Since 1991 independent Ukrain has emerged as a vital new factor in global politics.

With a territory and population among the largest in Europe, a crucial geoplitical location, and substantial economic resources, Ukraine was quickly recognized as a potential regional power.

Burdened with a Soviet legacy of economic mismanagement, inexperience in self-government, and the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal, Ukraine also was viewed by many as a possible threat to regional stability.

Zbigniew Brzezinski and 13 other specialists examine the development of Ukraine's foreign policy and external relations after 1991, its role in rapidly changing regional security arrangements, and the country's path to denunclearization.