Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: The Strategic Importance of Ukraine

Ukraine's Foreign Policy and U.S.-Ukrainian Relations
(The Vasyl and Maria Petryshyn Memorial Lecture, Harvard University; April 21, 1995)

Examining the New Realities of Jewish-Ukrainian Relations
(A Dialogue Sponsored by the American Jewish Committee and the Embassy of Ukraine; Washington, DC, March 25, 1996)

Chornobyl: The First Decade (A Challenge to the World Community)
(Columbia University, April 9, 1996)

Remarks at the CSIS Trilateral Meeting of the Ambassadors of Germany, Poland, and Ukraine to the United States
(CSIS, April 15, 1996)

Marked by Unprecedented Vitality: On the Fifth Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Ukraine and the United States
(from Polityka i chas November, 1996)

The National and Legal Status of the Ukrainian City of Sevastopol and Problems of the Black Sea Division
(CSIS, December 10, 1996)

Ukrainian Foreign Policy Toward Israel
(George Washington University, December 12, 1996)

A Meeting with the House Legislative Assistants Association
(Washington, DC, February 5, 1997)

Agribusiness, Ukraine, and the BSEC: Problems and Prospects
(Washington, DC, February 18, 1997)

Ukraine and NATO Enlargement
(National Defense University, March 4, 1997)

The Geopolitical Situation of Ukraine at Present and in the Future
(from Analysis of Current Events August, 1997)

Epilogue: From Chornobyl to Madrid

Appendix: Chronology of Ukraine-U.S. Relations, 1989-1997

Appendix: Charter on a Distinctive Partnership Between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Ukraine
(Madrid, July 9, 1997)

About the Author

Dr. Yuri Shcherbak is Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. and Mexico.