If the U.S. succeeds in getting Ukraine to face up to the proliferation threat that its nuclear capabilities still pose, then we might be on the road to restoring the U.S.-Ukrainian bilateral relationship. And if Russia proves to be a good partner in this effort, then it might open up important possibilities for the future. In particular, if this works, then maybe it will work on North Korea.
a presentation by Dr. Nikolai V. Petrov.
Richard Rose, Director of the Centre for the Study of Public Policy at the University of Strathclyde, discusses the "Putin phenomenon."

Major problems are delaying the otherwise successful collaboration between the U.S. and Russia to prevent the theft of poorly-secured weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and related materials, technologies and expertise in the former Soviet Union. Government failure to correct these problems threatens to leave vast stockpiles of nuclear and chemical weapons and biological agents vulnerable.
Olexander Moroz is the leader of Ukrainian Socialist Party, and served as speaker of the Rada from 1994 to 1998. He spoke at the Carnegie Endowment on the possibilities for political change in Ukraine.