France-Ukraine
From presidents to ambassadors, between cooperation and misunderstanding, Oksana Mitrofanova traces the history of Franco-Ukrainian diplomatic and military relations over more than thirty years. Addressing the issues of European integration, Russian influence in France and relations with NATO, and drawing on interviews with former ambassadors and military officers, politicians and academics, she shows how France has become Ukraine's privileged partner in Europe.
About the author
Oksana Mitrofanova obtained in 2013 the Graduate Diploma in Translation, Institute of Translators, Kiev (English, French); in 2003 the DEA in International Relations, University of Paris II Panthéon – Assas; in 2002 the Doctorate in Political Science (kandidatskaya, equivalent to the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Ph. D, PhD), Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; in 1998 the Graduate Diploma in History, Kiev National Shevchenko University (KNU). Since 2014 she has been Senior Researcher of the Department of Transatlantic Research, at the Institute of World History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev.
