Description: This book assesses the period of Ukraine's rise to importance in the European geostrategic posture. It treats Ukraine's relations with the U.S., other nations in the region, and Israel; the Chornobyl aftermath; the status of Sevastopol; NATO enlargement; and the question of Ukrainian-Jewish relations.
Brief description: Yuri Shcherbak, former Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, is a writer and physician who came to international prominence with his exposé on Chornobyl, as a founder of the Ukrainian Green Party, as Ukraine's first minister of environmental protection, and as its first ambassador to Israel.