Interwar Views on ManagingEastern European Space: Exploring Lypa’s Conceptualisation of theBlack Sea States Union

Few people realise that the idea of establishing a Black Sea Union (BSU) – a regional bloc along the Black Sea littoral – was proposed in the immediate aftermath of WWII. This idea was primarily developed and advocated by Yuriy Lypa, a Ukrainian inter-war political thinker (1900-1944). In his books,...

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Main Author: Ostap Kushnir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Metropolitan University Prague 2014-01-01
Series:Central European Journal of International & Security Studies
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Online Access:http://static.cejiss.org/data/uploaded/140433263794942/Article%2006.pdf
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description Few people realise that the idea of establishing a Black Sea Union (BSU) – a regional bloc along the Black Sea littoral – was proposed in the immediate aftermath of WWII. This idea was primarily developed and advocated by Yuriy Lypa, a Ukrainian inter-war political thinker (1900-1944). In his books, Lypa described the dominant cultural, political and economic reasons for Eastern European states to create a supranational body in the Black Sea region. He also elaborated on the principles of common foreign and security policy of the proposed BSU and provided justification for establishing free trade and customs zones. In addition to outlining the dominant characteristics of the BSU, this article assesses the viability of Lypa’s ideas, as well as illustrates the linkages between the BSU and European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
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spellingShingle Ostap Kushnir
Interwar Views on ManagingEastern European Space: Exploring Lypa’s Conceptualisation of theBlack Sea States Union
Central European Journal of International & Security Studies
Yuriy Lypa
Black Sea Union
BSU
ECSC
Eastern Europe
Ukraine
Turkey
Russia
interwar geopolitics
title Interwar Views on ManagingEastern European Space: Exploring Lypa’s Conceptualisation of theBlack Sea States Union
title_full Interwar Views on ManagingEastern European Space: Exploring Lypa’s Conceptualisation of theBlack Sea States Union
title_fullStr Interwar Views on ManagingEastern European Space: Exploring Lypa’s Conceptualisation of theBlack Sea States Union
title_full_unstemmed Interwar Views on ManagingEastern European Space: Exploring Lypa’s Conceptualisation of theBlack Sea States Union
title_short Interwar Views on ManagingEastern European Space: Exploring Lypa’s Conceptualisation of theBlack Sea States Union
title_sort interwar views on managingeastern european space exploring lypa s conceptualisation of theblack sea states union
topic Yuriy Lypa
Black Sea Union
BSU
ECSC
Eastern Europe
Ukraine
Turkey
Russia
interwar geopolitics
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