SLOVAK – UKRAINIAN RELATIONS: POLICIES, PERCEPTIONS, AND PRACTICES
SLOVAK – UKRAINIAN RELATIONS: POLICIES, PERCEPTIONS, AND PRACTICES

Author(s): Alexander Duleba
Subject(s): International relations/trade, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, Filozofická fakulta, Inštitút politológie
Keywords: Slovak-Ukrainian cross-border cooperation;
Summary/Abstract: This chapter offers an analytical review of Slovak-Ukrainian relations on the intergovernmental level with the aim of identifying their impact on crossborder cooperation between regional and local actors on both sides of the common state border. It looks at exploring opportunities and obstacles for Slovak-Ukrainian cross-border cooperation generated by the interactions of governmental actors on the inter-national level. It analyses policies, perception and practices of national actors who have been shaping the agenda of bilateral relations between the two neighbouring countries since their emergence on the map of Europe as independent states after the split of the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. In addition, this text tries to explore the impact of the EU as an exogenous supranational actor on the bilateral regime of Slovak- Ukrainian relations and consequently also on cross-border cooperation, especially in the context of Slovakia’s accession to the EU in 2004. It also examines the impact of Slovakia’s EU membership on its national approach towards Ukraine, including how it has been influenced by the legislative framework for the EU’s relations with/and policies towards Ukraine.

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