1. Table 17. ‘Trust in institutions’ RussiaUkraineBelgiumIreland Educational system71 7986 Police29325584 Civil service37384359 Army66693658 Justice system36323454 Health Care system46478157 Parliament17273431 European Union25454360 United Nations26554062 Church61654051 Trade Unions30373546 Press30463634 (source: EVS, 1999, in %, taking ‘very much confidence’ and ‘quite a lot’ together)

2. Table 19. ‘The democratic system is the best’ (source: EVS, 1999, ‘strongly agree’ and ‘agree’, in %) RussiaUkraineBelgiumIreland agree strongly, agree53848590

3. EVS ‘Satisfaction with democracy’ (source: EVS, 1999, ‘very’ and ‘rather’ satisfied, in %) RussiaUkraineBelgiumIreland very, rather satisfied7154653

4. Table 20. ‘Democracy causes bad economy, is indecisive and cannot maintain order’ (source: EVS, 1999, ‘agree strongly’, ‘agree’, in %) RussiaUkraineBelgiumIreland weak in economics54362919 indecisive7254 39 cannot maintain order65503522

5. Table 24. Negative Attitudes regarding ‘unwanted neighbours’ (source: EVS, 1999, in %) RussiaUkraineFlandersIreland Heavy drinkers73724832 People with criminal record57723555 Left wing extremists23353833 Right wing extremists21364532 Drug addicts84885265 People with aids52591722 Homosexuals58651826 Gypsies45523925 Immigrants, foreign workers11152512 Muslims13242713 Jews11101811

6. Table 31. ‘In how far are the churches answering questions and needs (source: EVS, 1999, in %) RussiaUkraineFlandersIreland Moral problems70802430 Family problems55632327 Social questions25302427 Spiritual needs74824163

7. Table 2: Threat perception from 1999 NATO expansion (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic) in four ‘Outsider’ states, 2000, column percentages RussiaBelarusUkraineMoldova Big threat 6.3 ( 6.5) 4.0 ( 3.4) 2.0 ( 1.6) 2.8 ( 1.6) Some threat22.0 (21.8)15.9 (15.0) 7.2 ( 6.2)12.5 (12.1) Big or some threat28.3 (28.3)19.9 (18.4) 9.2 ( 7.8)15.3 (13.7) Little threat16.7 (17.1)35.1 (35.0)28.4 (29.5)21.4 (20.3) No threat at all18.6 (18.6)24.4 (23.5)41.9 (41.9)44.5 (49.6) Little or no threat35.3 (35.7)59.5 (58.5)70.3 (71.4)65.9 (69.9) Don’t know36.5 (36.0)20.5 (23.1)20.5 (20.9)18.8 (16.4) Total100 Score for total population (score for main population group). The question was: ‘After the collapse of the Soviet Union the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland became member of NATO. Do you think this presents a threat to our country?’ Source: Outsider states project in ‘One Europe or Several Framework (Löwenhardt, White, Light)

8. 1991 Ukr joins North Atlantic Cooperation Council 1991 founding of CIS 1992 Ukr becomes OSCE member 1992 Ukr signs Lisbon Protocol of START I Treaty 1994 Ukraine - NATO PfP 1994 START I Treaty into force 1994 PCA with EU 1995 Ukraine member of CoE 1997 NATO- Ukraine Charter on Distinctive Partnership 1997 GU(U)AM Initiative 1997 Friendship and Cooperation Pact with Russia 1998 PCA into force 1998 Ukr publishes Strategy for integration in the EU 2000 Ukraine joins Eurasian Economic Community (EvrAzES) 2001 Ukraine ratifies EvrAzES 2002 Ukraine – NATO Action Plan 2003 Ukraine (partly) joins Common Economic Space (EEP) 2003 European Neighbour- hood Policy (including Ukraine 2004 Ukraine – EU Action Plan (ENP) 1999 EU Common Strategy for Ukraine