Description: Ukraine long faced obstacles to NATO integration due to internal divisions and conflict. Iryna Zhyrun analyzes how shifts in national identity among political elites shaped foreign policy. Her study links Ukraine's NATO debate (1990s-2010s) to changing identity through discourse analysis.
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Dr. Iryna Zhyrun studied Foreign Languages, Linguistics, and Political Science in Kharkiv, Moscow, and Bonn. She held visiting positions at the University of the North in Barranquilla, Colombia, and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy. Her articles and reviews have appeared in, among other outlets, Russian Politics, Nazioni e Regioni, Europe-Asia Studies, and Nations and Nationalism.
Review Quotes: A very well-written and comprehensive account of the transformation of post-Soviet Ukrainian identity and foreign policy. It is essential reading for students and scholars of international security, foreign policy and discourse analysis.--Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Professor of International Relations, Sabanci University, Istanbul