Global War on Terrorism

Abstract

Abstract : Ukraine is a very young independent state in the post Soviet space with a many centuries-old history. Its foreign policy and national strategy were not definitely clear and precise during the 1990s. Ukrainian foreign policy and strategy had a lot of mistakes problems and misunderstandings. With such a favorable and unique geopolitical position in Europe it could play a more important role in the European and world system of safety. During the last two months of 2004 the Ukrainian people made a new choice in the direction of democracy protection of human rights and the European (western) orientation. They rejected principles of corruption and infringement of freedom and human rights which were inherent to the old regime. Events on September 11, 2001 have forced all the world to shudder before the threat of world terrorism and to be united in a struggle against this evil. The purpose of this paper is to examine the emergence of a dear Ukrainian geo-political strategy and argues for the strategic logic of a continuing US-Ukraine partnership in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) the West's policy toward Ukraine during the years preceding Operation Iraqi Freedom. All of those factors advantages and disadvantages directly or indirectly have enabled Ukraine to participate as a friendly, non-NATO country in this operation. The participation of Ukraine in this operation became one more acknowledgement of Ukraine's commitment to world democratic values its obligations to world society and an attribution of good will of all Ukrainian people in the struggle against terrorism.