Book contents
- Ukraine and Russia
- Ukraine and Russia
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Additional material
- 1 The Sources of Conflict over Ukraine
- 2 New World Order? 1989‒1993
- 3 Hope and Hardship, 1994‒1999
- 4 Autocracy and Revolution, 1999‒2004
- 5 Reform and Reversal, 2004‒2010
- 6 Viktor Yanukovych and the Path to Confrontation, 2010‒2013
- 7 From Revolution to War, 2013‒2015
- 8 Conclusion: Ukraine, Russia, and the West ‒ from Cold War to Cold War
- Index
3 - Hope and Hardship, 1994‒1999
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 November 2019
- Ukraine and Russia
- Ukraine and Russia
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Additional material
- 1 The Sources of Conflict over Ukraine
- 2 New World Order? 1989‒1993
- 3 Hope and Hardship, 1994‒1999
- 4 Autocracy and Revolution, 1999‒2004
- 5 Reform and Reversal, 2004‒2010
- 6 Viktor Yanukovych and the Path to Confrontation, 2010‒2013
- 7 From Revolution to War, 2013‒2015
- 8 Conclusion: Ukraine, Russia, and the West ‒ from Cold War to Cold War
- Index
Summary
The 1997 Russia-Ukraine Friendship Treaty appeared to confirm Ukraine’s borders and to settle the status of the Black Sea Fleet and Sevastopol, but many leading Russian politicians opposed it. Ukraine balanced its fear of Russia by becoming a leading participant in NATO’s Partnership for Peace. Meanwhile, the war in Yugoslavia exposed the tension between the western insistence on “European norms” and Russia’s insistence on its prerogatives as a traditional great power. By 1999, Russia was furious at NATO over expansion and Kosovo, and still sought to reintegrate Ukraine. However, the question of Ukraine remained largely distinct from Russia’s broader relationship with the West.
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- Ukraine and RussiaFrom Civilied Divorce to Uncivil War, pp. 65 - 102Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019