Taras Kuzio examines the full range of developments that have taken place in the Ukraine since the 1994 elections. The new era started with radical economic and political reforms designed to dismantle soviet power and stabilise relations with neighbours.

List of tables --List of maps -- Acknowledgments -- Transliteration note -- Introduction -- A new Ukrainian Parliament -- On the eve of elections -- The election campaign -- The aftermath -- Conclusions -- Issues and voters in the 1994 presidential elections -- Myths and legends of the 1994 presidential elections -- Issues -- Voters -- Conclusions -- The Crimea returns to Ukraine -- Elections in the Crimea -- New constitution -- Ukrainian elections -- Conclusions -- Political reform and an end to the Soviet system -- Compromise and the search for new allies -- A new administration -- Political reform -- A new constitution -- Conclusions -- Economic transformation and structural change -- Economic and social reform -- Privatisation -- Western assistance -- Conclusions -- New foreign and defence policies -- Foreign policy -- Military policy -- Conclusions -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography of selected publications -- Index.