Security and Non-proliferation, issue 5(17) 2006

Dear Readers,

The Editorial Team is pleased to announce that a member of Security & Non-proliferation Journal’s Expert Advisory Board Sergiy Galaka successfully defended his doctor’s thesis in Political Sciences on September 18, 2006. Our heartiest congratulations to the colleague on having completed a years-long process of his fundamental undertaking!

This event is unique for the fact that never before has a scientific endeavor of such dimensions appeared as far as systemic nuclear non-proliferation research and assessment of Ukraine’s place in this regime is concerned.

The subject of his thesis “Nuclear Non-proliferation in International Policy” is of extreme relevance since nuclear non-proliferation tops the list of global challenges of today and the current status of this regime is a concern because of the crisis existing due, in part, to the application by nuclear-weapon-States of double standards to non-nuclear-weapon States’ efforts to develop their own nuclear fuel cycles. The analysis of nuclear non-proliferation regime status and assessment of non-proliferation policy performance undertaken in S. Galaka’s thesis are bound to be of extensive use for representatives of governmental authorities involved in identifying and implementing our foreign policy; scientists and experts studying modern trends and problems of countering nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism; and students of higher education establishments. The author highlights that “it is our national concern to pursue a non-proliferation policy that would take account of Ukrainian interests, that would require ….development of our own concept for such a policy.”

Now that S. Galaka has been and continues incorporating his research findings into the curriculum of the Taras Shevchenko National University’s Institute of Foreign Relations, we would like to thank him for the efforts he is contributing to the emergence of a circle of nuclear non-proliferation experts and wish him every success on this challenging path. We are hopeful that his students and post-graduates will be emulous of non-proliferation experts hailing from best international scientific centers.
Our most cordial wishes of health, harmony in his family life and inspiration in his undertakings to Sergiy!


Editorial Board

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