The tale of two empires: Ukraine between the West and Russia
Ukraine has been, since its independence in 1991, located between two qualitatively different types of geopolitical environments - modern to its east and post-modern to its west. Given the tendencies of both to growth, nonetheless, using different means and seeking divergent goals, Ukraine turned in...
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University of Belgrade - Faculty of Political Sciences and Belgrade Centre for Security Policy
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| description | Ukraine has been, since its independence in 1991, located between two qualitatively different types of geopolitical environments - modern to its east and post-modern to its west. Given the tendencies of both to growth, nonetheless, using different means and seeking divergent goals, Ukraine turned into a geopolitical battlefield that due to the internal developments in Russia stepped into a hot phase in 2014 with further escalation in 2022. The article presents an interpretation of the events through neomedieval and imperial lenses, explaining the behaviours of both the West and Russia and the consequences their foreign policies had for the current situation in the country. It concludes that the mutual misunderstanding about the nature of the respective projects - mainly of the voluntary enlargement of the EU and NATO - led to unnecessary clashes and escalation of the contest by the Russian modern empire. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ca454a8c8474ae8a8a31b6d982e5efd2023-08-14T09:22:12ZengUniversity of Belgrade - Faculty of Political Sciences and Belgrade Centre for Security PolicyJournal of Regional Security2217-995X2406-03642023-01-0118177962217-995X2301077DThe tale of two empires: Ukraine between the West and RussiaDoboš Bohumil0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8862-2768Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Political Studies, Prague, CzechiaUkraine has been, since its independence in 1991, located between two qualitatively different types of geopolitical environments - modern to its east and post-modern to its west. Given the tendencies of both to growth, nonetheless, using different means and seeking divergent goals, Ukraine turned into a geopolitical battlefield that due to the internal developments in Russia stepped into a hot phase in 2014 with further escalation in 2022. The article presents an interpretation of the events through neomedieval and imperial lenses, explaining the behaviours of both the West and Russia and the consequences their foreign policies had for the current situation in the country. It concludes that the mutual misunderstanding about the nature of the respective projects - mainly of the voluntary enlargement of the EU and NATO - led to unnecessary clashes and escalation of the contest by the Russian modern empire.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2217-995X/2023/2217-995X2301077D.pdfukraineeurussiaimperialismneomedievalism |
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| title | The tale of two empires: Ukraine between the West and Russia |
| title_full | The tale of two empires: Ukraine between the West and Russia |
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| title_short | The tale of two empires: Ukraine between the West and Russia |
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| topic | ukraine eu russia imperialism neomedievalism |
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