Ukraine, The EU and Russia History, Culture and International Relations [Hardcover]

This book surveys the Ukrainian-EU relationship in light of the legacies of more than two hundred years of direct Russian rule. It examines interrelationships between identities, loyalties and political/cultural orientations, reviews policies, and identifies salient forces and trends.Introduction: Ukraine: EU Member or a Second Belorus?; S.Velychenko Eurasianism Then and Now: A Russian Conservative Movement and its Ukrainian Challenge; M.Beisswenger 'Imperial Culture' and Russian-Ukrainian Unity Myths; O.S.Ilnytzkyj Ambivalence or Ambiguity? Why Ukraine is Trapped between 'East' and 'West'; M.Riabchuk The Rhetoric of Geography in Ukrainian Literature 1991-2005; M.Pavlyshyn Managing Memory in Post-Soviet Ukraine: 'Victory Day' or 'Remembrance Day'?; R.Serbyn Ukraine's European Policy as an Alternative Choice: Achievements, Mistakes and Prospects; O.Semeniy The EU's Impact on Democratic Transformation in Ukraine; I.Solonenko The Fraying Lifeline: Ukraine and the European Union a Year after the Failed Referenda; J.R.Gillingham Conclusion; J.SherrMARTIN BEISSWENGER PhD Candidate, University of Notre Dame, USAJOHN R. GILLINGHAM III Professor of History, University of Missouri, USAOLEH S. ILNYTZKYJ Professor of Ukrainian Language and Literature, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta, USAMARKO PAVLYSHYN Professor, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University, AustraliaMYKOLA RIABCHUK Research Associate, Ukrainian Centre for Cultural Studies, Kyiv, UkraineOLEKSIY SEMENIY Advisor to CDU/CSU Bundestag Deputy, GermanyROMAN SERBYN Professor Emeritus, University of Quebec at Montreal, CanadaJAMES SHERR Fellow, Conflict Studies Research Centre, UK Defense Academy, UKIRYNA SOLONENKO Director of the European Program, International Renaissance Foundation, Kyiv, Ukraine