Ukraine & Russia

Lieven explores the complex ethnic and political relationship of Ukraine and Russia. Based on extensive interviews, Lieven provides a fascinating portrait of the diversity that is contemporary Ukraine and of its efforts to forge a national identity after three centuries of Russian rule. Lieven examines the policy implications of Eastern Europes new political geography. Will ethnic coexistence endure in the face of economic hardship and the divisive issues left over from the Soviet era? Is it wise for the west to force the issue of Ukraines membership in Western institutionsNATO first and foremost among them?