Ukraine’s Thorny Path to the EU

“Extremely timely and relevant volume on most contemporary issues of the EU-Ukraine relations. This truly interdisciplinary look at the long-going saga of Ukraine's aspirations to join the EU helps to comprehend all immediate challenges of the forthcoming EU membership negotiations of Ukraine.” — Roman Petrov, Head of International and European Law Department and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in EU Studies, National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, Kyiv, Ukraine “Ukraine’s Thorny Path to the EU brings together a stellar group of scholars who offer far-reaching theoretical and empirical insights into how, for two decades, the EU held Ukraine at arm’s length even as meaningful integration took place -- and how, suddenly, the war is impacting different areas even as Ukraine is propelled to the start of negotiations for full EU membership in what the editors call “integration through war”.” —Milada Vachudova, Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA “The book is a timely and spot-on addition to the literature on the EU enlargement and integration, capturing the geopolitical essence of the EU enlargement to the East, spurred by the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Thus, the volume is situated at the crossroads of EU studies and sectoral integration as well as peace and conflict studies and will appeal to a wide international readership.” — Kateryna Zarembo, Associated Senior Fellow, New Europe Center, Kyiv, Ukraine This open access interdisciplinary book takes stock of Ukraine’s thorny European integration path in the last two decades. Engaging many Ukrainian academics and practitioners, the book offers a first-hand insight into how Ukraine moves towards EU membership while at war with Russia and the ‘stumbling blocks’ it encounters. Maryna Rabinovych is Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. Anne Pintsch is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.