Ukraine and Europe

The book examines the development of relations between Ukraine and Europe since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. It focuses on two broad areas: Ukraine's ties with the European Union, where the dominant issues have been investment, trade and transition to the market, and its membership in the Council of Europe, which has been preoccupied with problems of democratic government, criminal justice and human rights. Examining the broad economic and political trends of the past decade, Marko Bojcun's study attempts to explain why the relations between Ukraine and these major European institutions have proved so difficult to cement.