Ukraine’s NATO Accession Discourse

Dr. Iryna Zhyrun studied Foreign Languages, Linguistics, and Political Science in Kharkiv, Moscow, and Bonn. She held visiting positions at the University of the North in Barranquilla, Colombia, and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy. Her articles and reviews have appeared in, among other outlets, Russian Politics, Nazioni e Regioni, Europe-Asia Studies, and Nations and Nationalism. Dr. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder is Professor of Political Science at the University of Bonn. Andreas Umland, M.Phil. (Oxford), Dr.Phil. (FU Berlin), Ph.D. (Cambridge), Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm, Senior Expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future in Kyiv, and Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

A very well-written and comprehensive account of the transformation of post-Soviet Ukrainian identity and foreign policy. It is essential reading for students and scholars of international security, foreign policy and discourse analysis.—Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Professor of International Relations, Sabanci University, Istanbul