Table of Contents

Preface -- Introduction: The "Quadruple Transition" in Ukrainian Politics and Society -- The Demise of the Soviet Union and the Emergence of Independent Ukraine -- Nation Building and National Identity -- Religion, State, and Society -- Ukraine's Weak State -- Politics and Civil Society -- Economic Crisis and Reform -- Foreign Policy: From Isolation to Engagement -- Ukrainian Defense Policy and the Transformation of the Armed Forces -- Conclusion: Problems and Prospects for Ukraine in the Twenty-First Century

About the Author

Paul D'Anieri is associate professor of political science and Russian and East European Studies, and the Associate Dean of International Programs, both at the University of Kansas, and has been visiting professor at L'viv State University and at Harvard. He is the author of Economic Interdependence in Ukrainian-Russian Relations (1999) and numerous articles on politics in the post-Soviet region. He held a Fulbright grant in Ukraine in 1993-1994. He is also the coeditor of State and Institution Building in Ukraine(1999). Robert Kravchuk is associate professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at University of Indiana. He was the U.S. Treasury Department resident budget advisor to the Minister of Finance of Ukraine from 1993 to 1994, and has taught at the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration in Kyiv. He has also been financial advisor to the President of the Federation of Bosnia-Hercegovina. He is the co-editor of State and Institution Building in Ukraine(1999). Taras Kuzio is a Post Doctoral Fellow, Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Ottawa. He has previously served as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham and on the Council of Advisors for the Ukranian Parliament. His previous books include Ukrainian Security Policy (1995), Ukraine under Kuchma (1997), Contemporary Ukraine(1998), Ukraine: State and nation Building (1998), Ukraine: Perestroika to Independence (1994 and 2000), and co-editor of State and Institution Building in Ukraine(1999). Paul D'Anieri is associate professor of political science and Russian and East European Studies, and the Associate Dean of International Programs, both at the University of Kansas, and has been visiting professor at L'viv State University and at Harvard. He is the author of Economic Interdependence in Ukrainian-Russian Relations (1999) and numerous articles on politics in the post-Soviet region. He held a Fulbright grant in Ukraine in 1993-1994. He is also the coeditor of State and Institution Building in Ukraine(1999). Robert Kravchuk is associate professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at University of Indiana. He was the U.S. Treasury Department resident budget advisor to the Minister of Finance of Ukraine from 1993 to 1994, and has taught at the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration in Kyiv. He has also been financial advisor to the President of the Federation of Bosnia-Hercegovina. He is the co-editor of State and Institution Building in Ukraine(1999). Taras Kuzio is a Post Doctoral Fellow, Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Ottawa. He has previously served as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham and on the Council of Advisors for the Ukranian Parliament. His previous books include Ukrainian Security Policy (19