Foreign Policy Journal: Why should Ukraine be integrated into Europe?

On 6-8 April 2011, the Canadian-Ukrainian Parliamentary Program (CUPP) held its 3rd Model Ukraine Conference “Ukraine’s Domestic and Foreign Affairs: Quo Vadis?” at the Universityof Oxford, UK. In 2010, the CUPP launched under the chairmanship of CUPP director Ihor Bardyn a series of gatherings of young leaders and senior academics who discuss models for Ukraine’s future political, economic and social development. This spring’s conference, at St. Antony’s and New CollegeOxford, focused on domestic political affairs, the development of civil society as well as rule of law, and foreign policyoptions of the Ukrainian state under its new President Viktor Yanukovich. Olena Tregubspoke, in Oxford, with one of the presenters at the conference – Dr. Andreas Umland,formerly lecturer in Russian and East European Studies at St. Antony’s College Oxford, and currently SeniorLecturerin Political Scienceat theNational Universityof “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.” Read the interview here