As the social and political transformations observed in the modern world have recently made current the issue of formation of new geopolitical regions, the Baltic – Black Sea Area deserves particular attention because the geopolitical status of this junction territory still remains questionable. The geopolitical boundaries of the Baltic – Black Sea Area are constantly changing not only functionally, but also structurally, which is why it can be considered as a specific geopolitical formation located at the junction of the two geopolitical mega-regions of Western Europe and Northern Eurasia. This area is highly fragmented and still undergoing very painful political, cultural, and economic transformations. The power competition between Russia, NATO and the EU, as well as the region’s historical legacy have determined the path of its development. As a result, the Baltic – Black Sea Area does not have any system of political division or economic management, but close connections between the countries located there and many spheres of their common interest promote comprehensive cooperation and dialogue on a variety of issues. If their cooperation leads to multilateral relationships based on the principle of the sovereign equality of states which are trying to expand the scope of their collaboration and limit the scope of confrontation, they could organize a system of complementary elements which provide synergies and ensure the existence of the Baltic – Black Sea Area as a geopolitical reality.
The article analyzes the main stages of forming partnership relations between Ukraine and Poland, clarifies historical and political prerequisites of the Ukrainian-Polish dialogue, the role of geopolitical factors in the formation of allied relations in 1919-20, the reasons of inability to implement the 1920 Treaty of Warsaw. It has been proved that the concept of Polish-Ukrainian national reconciliation of Jerzy Giedroyc and the understanding of the intellectual elite of the two peoples became a significant ideological basis for forming a strategic partnership between Ukraine and Poland. It is determined that historical issues are the main obstacle to deepening strategic partnership relations. A mechanism for resolving controversial issues of the Ukrainian-Polish conflict past based on intercultural dialogue, is proposed.
Киевский национальный университет имени Тараса Шевченко, УкраинаУкраина между Россией и Западом П оследние два года, как считают некоторые западные эксперты и анали-тики, проходят под знаком геополитического соревнования за Украину между Российской Федерацией и Западом 1 . Нам представляется, что они недостаточно хорошо знают историю украинско-российских отношений, де-монстрируя непонимание, как минимум, двух основных вещей. Во-первых, про-тивостояние между Россией и ЕС за доминирование в Украине еще не начина-лось, несмотря на более чем 24-летний период, прошедший со времени распада СССР. Потому, когда Запад «вмешивается» в дела Украины, раздражение России, считающей Украину своей вотчиной, представляется совершенно очевидным. Во-вторых, киевский Евромайдан продемонстрировал всему миру, что сейчас в Украине происходит борьба между ценностями европейскими и так называ-емого «русского мира». От того, кто победит -сторонники идеи гражданского общества или силы, исповедующие ценности Средневековья, в основе которых контроль власти над территорией, как искренне считают видные представители свергнутого режима Януковича и их патроны в Кремле, зависит ответ на вопрос, в каком направлении будет развиваться Украина.Проанализировать политику России и Запада в отношении Украины и от-ветить на вопрос: почему Запад хронически уступает России в так называемом «геополитическом соревновании за Украину» является целью данной статьи.Анализируя политику администрации президента США Б. Обамы относи-тельно Украины, следует отметить, что она стала заложником курса на «пере-загрузку» в американо-российских отношениях, следствием которой стало не 1 Э. Лукас, Европа не поняла -что это в действительности происходит геополитиче-ская борьба с Россией, http://www.day.kiev.ua/ru/article/podrobnosti/edvard-lukas-evropane-ponyala-chto-eto-v-deystvitelnosti-proishodit, inf. z 06.12.2013; Експерт: Україна ста-ла заручником у геополітичній грі великих світових суперників,
The purpose of the study is to show the influence of the national awakening of non-titular ethnic groups in the Habsburg monarchy on the development of disintegration processes in the state. The methodology of the research is
The article analyzes the causes of ethno-political conflicts in post-Soviet countries, participating in “Eastern Partnership”. Using the method of historical analogies, the author concludes that the conflicts were inspired by the leadership of former Soviet Union to preserve the Union State. The authorities of Russian Federation, as successors to the USSR, are extremely interested in freezing them and escalating new ones, like the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin uses “frozen” and new conflicts as building tools for a new empire.
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