Preface Notes on the Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Ukraine: A New Factor on the European Security Scene; D.E.Albright & S.J.Appatov PART II: EUROPEAN SECURITY ISSUES AND THEIR PRIORITY A View from Western Europe; T.Garden An American Perspective; J.V.Oudenaren The Russian-Ukrainian Dimension; P.Rainow PART III: STRATEGIES FOR APPROACHING THE ISSUES A French Assessment; M.Germanangue European Security Architecture: An American View; G.A.Mattox Pax Bruxellana? The European Union and NATO as Multilateral Approaches; D.G.Haglund & C.C.Pentland A Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Central and Eastern Europe: A Ukrainian Perspective; V.A.Manzhola & S.P.Galaka PART IV: UKRAINE'S SECURITY ROLE IN EUROPE A West European Analysis ; A.Rahr Ukraine's Security Role in East-Central Europe ; I.N.Koval Ukraine's Way to Europe; O.V.Potekhin Russian and Ukrainian Strategic Interests Among Conflicts and Accommodation; E.Kaminski The Black Sea Region, European Security, and Ukraine; V.V.Glebov Problems of Ukraine's Military Integration into European Security Structures; H.Perepelytsia PART V: UKRAINE'S SECURITY AND THE ATLANTIC COMMUNITY An American View; R.Kennedy Ukraine and the Atlantic Community: Problems of Security and Development; S.J.Appatov The New US Role in Europe and Ukraine's Security; V.A.Dubovik PART VI: CONCLUSION Similarities, Differences, and Implications; D.E.Albright Index