This interdisciplinary book takes stock of Ukraines thorny European integration path in the last two decades. Engaging many Ukrainian academics and practitioners, the book seeks to offer a first-hand insight into how Ukraine moves towards EU membership, while in war with Russia, and which stumbling blocks it encounters.
Chapter 1. Introduction. Ukraines Thorny Path to the EU - From Integration without Membership to Integration through War.- Chapter 2. War and Boundary Formation: The Russo-Ukrainian War and European Integration.- Chapter 3. Integration and Modernisation: EUs Association Agreement with Ukraine.- Chapter 4. Revisiting the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement: A Crucial Instrument on the Road to Membership.- Chapter 5. Collective Protection for Ukrainians in the EU: Laws, Practices and Implications for EU and Ukrainian policies.- Chapter 6. Europe is not Doing Enough. Risks of Ukraines Post-War Euroscepticism.- Part 2. Sectoral dynamics and challenges of Ukraines integration process. Chapter 7. European Integration, and Democracy and Human Rights Reforms in Ukraine in the Wartime.- Chapter 8. Legal Aspects of EU-Ukraine Bilateral Trade Relations During the Full-Scale War: More Trade Liberalisation, but Under Conditions.- Chapter 9. Harmonisation with the EU Acquis amid the Resistance to Russian Aggression as a Catalyst of Ukrainian Copyright Recovery.- Chapter 10. Ukraines Compliance with Norms of Environmental Democracy: Between Wartime Restrictions, EU Standards, and Green Reconstruction.- Chapter 11. Europeanisation of Ukraines Policy on Environment and Climate: Instrumental and Anticipatory Compliance.- Chapter 12. Higher Education amid the War: A Resilience Test for Ukraines Integration into the Europelóh