COULD THE EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION OF UKRAINE “GUARANTEE ITS SECURITY”? CONTROVERSY OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR JOINING NATO THROUGHOUT 2008-2018 IN UKRAINE.

Д Дейнеко

COULD THE EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION OF UKRAINE “GUARANTEE ITS SECURITY”? CONTROVERSY OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR JOINING NATO THROUGHOUT 2008-2018 IN UKRAINE.

Authors

Д Дейнеко Студент 4 курсу спеціальності «міжнародне право» Інституту міжнародних відносин Київського національного університету ім. Т.Г. Шевченка

Abstract

Formal relations between NATO and Ukraine began when Ukraine joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (later renamed the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council), immediately upon achieving independence following the break-up of the Soviet Union. It is worth mentioning, that Ukraine was the first member state of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to join the Partnership for Peace (PfP) in 1994. Nearly 16 years ago Ukraine announced its official decision to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. However, nothing has changed significantly since then.