1st Edition
Ukraine, the EU and Economic Integration Opportunities and Challenges
By Oleg Tankovsky
Copyright 2026
142 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
142 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book addresses a central puzzle in the study of European integration: why have some post-communist countries successfully embedded democratic and market institutions after EU accession or candidacy, while others have faltered or regressed?
This book utilizes principal component analysis to create a unique composite indicator for EU integration readiness, offering a novel approach to... Read more
1. Introduction 2. International Integrations in general 3. International Political Economy, Regimes, and Path Dependence in Ukraine 4. Methodology 5. Ukraine’s Macroeconomic Foundations Before and After the War 6. Economic Reforms Since 2014: Mapping the Transformation 7. Comparative Assessment of EU Candidate Countries 8. Foreign Policy Analysis 9. Conflict, Identity, and EU Accession Obstacles in the framework of case studies 10. Discussion and Conclusions
Biography
Oleg Tankovsky is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and International Economics, University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary.






