97(7-8), 2008

Economic Annals-ХХІ

ISSN 1728-6220 (Print)

ISSN 1728-6239 (Online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea

Volume 97, Issue 7-8

September 23, 2008

CONTENTS

GEOPOLITICS

Marc Vinck
Membership in EU and NATO is stability, prosperity and democracy: experience of Belgium Interview of Ambassador of Belgium in Ukraine 3-6

Victor Basiuk
Russia’s potential evolution and national security of U.S., Ukraine 7-9

Vaclav Bartuska
Czech view of the European energy security 10

Maksym Kyrchaniv
Theoretical aspects of political regionalism functioning in the transit society (by the example of Russia and Ukraine) 11-13

UKRAINE AND NATO

NATO-Ukraine intensive engagement
International workshop with the participation of Permanent Representatives to the North Atlantic Council 14-15

NATO after Bucharest and Ukraine’s Role in European Security
Amb. van Daele (Belgium), Amb. McRae (Canada), Amb. Duque (France), Amb. Stamatopoulos (Greece), Amb. Eichmanis (Latvia), Ms. Michele Eisenbarth (Luxembourg), Amb. Schaper (Netherlands), Amb. Winid (Poland), Amb. Cerar (Slovenia), Amb. Ildem (Turkey), Amb. Stojmenov (Bulgaria) 16-19

Intensive Engagement Period – New Phase of Ukraine-NATO Relationships
Eugene Zherebeckyi, Oleh Soskin, Volodymyr Furashev 20

Rostyslav Romanyuk
Opportunities of consensus on Ukrainian entering in NATO achieving by national elite 21-22

Olena Snigyr
NATO – EU: coexisting, transformation, prospects for Ukraine 23-26

Volodymyr Furashev
Mechanisms of attitude towards the idea of Euro-Atlantic integration forming in the regions of Ukraine 27-28

Mariya Klets, & Dmytro Klets
NATO or Russia: politic and economic aspects of security orientation 29-31

ECONOMICS

Valeriy Lytvytskyi
Macro-landscape of economics in zenith of the year 32-34

Ihor Zhylyayev
When social-economic transformations in Ukraine will be finished? 35-39

Valeriy Novytskyi
Informational resources and their role in social systems and competitive environment transformation 40-42

Nataliya Goncharova
Ways the state budget costs optimizing and incomes growing 43-46

LOCAL SELF-GOVERNING

Eurointegrational experience of Visegrad Group countries for Ukrainian cities
Training review 47-50

Nadiya Matviychuk-Soskina
Practice of functioning and factors of success for municipal business-incubators in European countries 51-53

ACADEMIC INFORMATION

Grygoriy Klymko
Global forms of economic development: history and current times Review of the book of Dr. A. Filipenko 54-55