The Integration Policies of Belarus and Ukraine vis-à-vis the EU and Russia A Comparative Case Study Through the Prism of a Two-Level Game Approach

"A solid and valuable piece of academic work. This clearly structured and factually rich book benefits from and contributes to several theoretical and empirical scholarly literatures. It is a useful guide to the collection, organization, assessment, and interpretation of the enormous amount of relevant historical and contemporary evidence."—Peter Mayer, Professor of International Relations, University of Bremen
"A rich and thorough empirical analysis."—Frank Schimmelfennig, Professor of European Politics, ETH Zürich
"Methodologically well-designed and thoroughly researched, this book, originally a doctoral thesis, scrupulously considers a number of factors [...] and
delivers a detailed, empirically rich and theoretically informed account of ‘two+-level games’ observed in Ukraine’s and Belarus’ strategic interactions vis-à-vis both the European Union and Russia in 1994–2020. Victoria Leukavets’ work deserves attention and could well serve as an authoritative source to rethink and reassess the promises and pitfalls of sovereignty games before and after February 2022." —Andriy Tyushka, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 77:2, 2025.