Ukraine’s cooperation with NATO: historical retrospective and the present

Ukraine’s relations with NATO are of strategic importance for ensuring peace and security in the Euro-Atlantic area. Justification of the need for close cooperation between Ukraine and NATO is important for ensuring fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, shaping domestic legislation in the...

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Main Authors: Стужук, Ю., Шпура, М.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Ukrainian
Published: National Defence University of Ukraine named after Ivan Cherniahovskyi 2023
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Online Access:http://znp-cvsd.nuou.org.ua/article/view/275493
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Summary:Ukraine’s relations with NATO are of strategic importance for ensuring peace and security in the Euro-Atlantic area. Justification of the need for close cooperation between Ukraine and NATO is important for ensuring fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, shaping domestic legislation in the spirit of European principles, establishing a proper and high-quality integration policy, etc. Modern Ukrainian-NATO relations are a priority national interest in the country’s foreign policy, play a significant role in strengthening its defense capabilities, and constitute a crucial component of the newest architecture of pan-European security and preservation of peace and stability in Europe and, consequently, in the world. The purpose of the article is to provide a comprehensive and in-depth study of Ukraine’s cooperation with NATO in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Relations with the Alliance began immediately after Ukraine gained independence in 1991 by joining the North Atlantic Cooperation Council. Ukraine’s cooperation with NATO is based on a fairly solid legal framework. Since 2014, in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the Ukrainian authorities have taken a series of practical measures in the military and political sphere that have contributed to effective counteraction to russian aggression. In the context of the full-scale war unleashed by the RF in February 2022, Ukraine managed to significantly expand international cooperation in the defense sector. На сучасному етапі розвитку відносин НАТО надає першорядного значення підтримці всеосяжних перетворень у галузі безпеки і оборони в Україні. Ці реформи мають вирішальне значення для розвитку України. Російська агресія змінила чинну архітектуру безпеки, змусила переглянути стратегії та оборонні плани в Європі, а також бачення майбутнього безпекового порядку, тож подальші взаємини України і НАТО можуть стати одними з ключових для підтримання стабільності в трансатлантичному регіоні. At the current stage of the relationship, NATO attaches ...