Security Cooperation between Russia and Ukraine in the Post-Soviet Era

D. Sanders

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2001
• Print ISBN: 9780333800959
• eBook ISBN: 9780230505216
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Eastern European History
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Security cooperation between states remains elusive. Using a fascinating case study with wide implications for European security and stability, the division of former Soviet security assets between Russia and Ukraine, Deborah Sanders considers which factors promote and which hamper security cooperation. She examines the dynamics of security cooperation in three areas: the dismantling of Ukraine's tactical nuclear weapons, the removal of Ukraine's strategic nuclear weapons and the division of the Black Sea fleet. While the collapse of the Soviet Union opened up numerous possibilities for cooperation between the two countries, it also unleashed long suppressed national feelings and reawakened historical controversies. Sanders argues that the dynamics of cooperation can only be understood if these domestic political factors are taken into account.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Security Co-operation between Russia and Ukraine in the Post-Soviet Era
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 Security Co-operation: A Framework for Analysis
• 2 Tactical Nuclear Weapons
• 3 Strategic Nuclear Weapons
• 4 The Black Sea Fleet
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index