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Russian and American efforts convinced the three non‐Russian states to forsake their nuclear inheritances. Belarus and Kazakhstan concluded that the costs of maintaining their inheritance exceed any security benefits which the weapons may provide. Ukraine has been obstinate but even it has apparently concluded that its nuclear inheritance is too expensive to maintain, not a sufficient deterrent, and an impediment to better relations with the West. Yet, Ukraine's record of backing away from its commitments suggests that the story may not be over Liberalism argues that Ukraine risks becoming an outlaw state by refusing to become a non‐nuclear state. Realism argues that Ukraine must provide for its own securiy and that the US would not break all ties with Ukraine. Ukraine's international orientation will depend upon how the US treats it and a nuclear Ukraine could be tied to the US.

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Do non-graded, one-time, short presentations by a panel of professors on foreign policy issues affect voting behavior among students? Did the panel itself contribute to students' understanding of the importance of foreign policy in evaluating candidates? Did presentations lead to changes in students' candidate preferences? And, fi nally, did the event lead to sustained changes in students' preferences? We fi nd that even though issues of foreign policy tend not to be front and center in American elections, when young voters are presented with information about candidate's foreign policy positions, as we did in this study, it does seem to have an impact on which candidate they plan on voting for.