European Integration of Ukraine in the Context of Geopolitical Contrasting «Russia-West»
The article considers the European integration of Ukraine as its important strategic foreign policy priority. This is an even more urgent task, since Russia’s unfolding hybrid war against Ukraine has already led to the widespread use of armed forces, violation of the territorial integrity and inviol...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Department of Modern and Contemporary History of Foreign Countries
2019-06-01
|
| Series: | Європейські історичні студії |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://eustudies.history.knu.ua/european-integration-of-ukraine-in-the-context-of-geopolitical-contrasting-russia-west/ |
| _version_ | 1819090334426071040 |
|---|---|
| author | Veronika Yakuba |
| author_facet | Veronika Yakuba |
| author_sort | Veronika Yakuba |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The article considers the European integration of Ukraine as its important strategic foreign policy priority. This is an even more urgent task, since Russia’s unfolding hybrid war against Ukraine has already led to the widespread use of armed forces, violation of the territorial integrity and inviolability of the borders of a sovereign state, the erosion of its will regarding its own civilized choice. The increase in the volume and intensity of aggressive actions against Ukraine is being advanced by Russia to the practice of state terrorism. The ideological sabotage that preceded and followed Russia’s armed aggression was aimed at discrediting the state system of Ukraine and weakening its central government control, creating problems for the security and economic sectors of our state, and legitimizing the separatist movement of the southeastern Ukraine in the eyes of the international community. In the unstable hybrid war, the policy of historical memory is one of the central places. Practice shows that in the information field of the Ukrainian-Russian confrontation with the policy of memory there is far not all historical knowledge, but the most valuable, meaningful, productive, suitable for the creative life-support of the nation. In this sense, historical memory should be considered as a kind of intellectual and psychological equipment of the spiritual immunity of a national community or an individual as a necessary (though not sufficient!) Matrix-sieve, which serves to sift the flow of historical events, phenomena and facts.
An analysis of the formation of the pro-European identity of Ukraine in the context of the events of the last four years (Crimean annexation, Russian hybrid warfare, European integration course) has been analyzed. It was concluded that just after the events of EuroMaydan, Ukraine had an incentive to more consciously identify itself with the European community. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-21T22:22:11Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-d957e2a9df8e4f2eba4bc8e1b85b39c7 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2524-048X |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-21T22:22:11Z |
| publishDate | 2019-06-01 |
| publisher | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Department of Modern and Contemporary History of Foreign Countries |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Європейські історичні студії |
| spelling | doaj.art-d957e2a9df8e4f2eba4bc8e1b85b39c72022-12-21T18:48:19ZengTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Department of Modern and Contemporary History of Foreign CountriesЄвропейські історичні студії2524-048X2019-06-01138410010.17721/2524-048X.2019.13.84-100European Integration of Ukraine in the Context of Geopolitical Contrasting «Russia-West»Veronika Yakuba0Institute of World History National Academy of Sciences of UkraineThe article considers the European integration of Ukraine as its important strategic foreign policy priority. This is an even more urgent task, since Russia’s unfolding hybrid war against Ukraine has already led to the widespread use of armed forces, violation of the territorial integrity and inviolability of the borders of a sovereign state, the erosion of its will regarding its own civilized choice. The increase in the volume and intensity of aggressive actions against Ukraine is being advanced by Russia to the practice of state terrorism. The ideological sabotage that preceded and followed Russia’s armed aggression was aimed at discrediting the state system of Ukraine and weakening its central government control, creating problems for the security and economic sectors of our state, and legitimizing the separatist movement of the southeastern Ukraine in the eyes of the international community. In the unstable hybrid war, the policy of historical memory is one of the central places. Practice shows that in the information field of the Ukrainian-Russian confrontation with the policy of memory there is far not all historical knowledge, but the most valuable, meaningful, productive, suitable for the creative life-support of the nation. In this sense, historical memory should be considered as a kind of intellectual and psychological equipment of the spiritual immunity of a national community or an individual as a necessary (though not sufficient!) Matrix-sieve, which serves to sift the flow of historical events, phenomena and facts. An analysis of the formation of the pro-European identity of Ukraine in the context of the events of the last four years (Crimean annexation, Russian hybrid warfare, European integration course) has been analyzed. It was concluded that just after the events of EuroMaydan, Ukraine had an incentive to more consciously identify itself with the European community.http://eustudies.history.knu.ua/european-integration-of-ukraine-in-the-context-of-geopolitical-contrasting-russia-west/European integrationpro-European identitysystem of international relationshybrid warforeign policyRussia-West |
| spellingShingle | Veronika Yakuba European Integration of Ukraine in the Context of Geopolitical Contrasting «Russia-West» Європейські історичні студії European integration pro-European identity system of international relations hybrid war foreign policy Russia-West |
| title | European Integration of Ukraine in the Context of Geopolitical Contrasting «Russia-West» |
| title_full | European Integration of Ukraine in the Context of Geopolitical Contrasting «Russia-West» |
| title_fullStr | European Integration of Ukraine in the Context of Geopolitical Contrasting «Russia-West» |
| title_full_unstemmed | European Integration of Ukraine in the Context of Geopolitical Contrasting «Russia-West» |
| title_short | European Integration of Ukraine in the Context of Geopolitical Contrasting «Russia-West» |
| title_sort | european integration of ukraine in the context of geopolitical contrasting russia west |
| topic | European integration pro-European identity system of international relations hybrid war foreign policy Russia-West |
| url | http://eustudies.history.knu.ua/european-integration-of-ukraine-in-the-context-of-geopolitical-contrasting-russia-west/ |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT veronikayakuba europeanintegrationofukraineinthecontextofgeopoliticalcontrastingrussiawest |