Intermarium as One of the Future European Image of Ukraine
The Intermarium project is one of the most controversial and complex regional integration projects of Ukraine’s European integration. The article proves that this project most accurately expresses the totality of common values and meanings that Ukrainians share with their closest neighboring count...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Society of Philosophy and Cosmology
2020-05-01
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| Series: | Future Human Image |
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| Online Access: | http://www.fhijournal.org/journals/2020/01/FHI_13_Boichenko.pdf |
| Summary: | The Intermarium project is one of the most controversial and complex regional integration projects
of Ukraine’s European integration. The article proves that this project most accurately expresses the
totality of common values and meanings that Ukrainians share with their closest neighboring countries.
An attempt was made to give an integrative philosophical assessment to all the arguments in favor of the
Intermarium project and its prospects for development in Ukraine. The Intermarium appears as one of the
Future European Image of Ukraine, more alternative to the Eurasian project, but more complementary
to the European Union project. The main arguments in favor of the Intermarium are, however, internal
arguments rather than opposition to other projects of interstate integration. The Intermarium aims at
preserving and developing the common cultural heritage of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe,
as well as at developing and protecting their common economic, political, and other values. Territorial
Neighborhood only creates certain prerequisites that can be used, and may or may not be used to create a
neighborhood of value, that is, to form a common life world. This can happen and be maintained just if it
will be provided, properly, and successfully implemented all components of the territorial neighborhood,
such as geographical proximity, similarity of climatic conditions, use of common natural resources,
creation of favorable conditions for cross-border cooperation, etc. The common regional values and
meanings for the Intermarium should be protected by a joint effort — so that in any other format, larger |
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| ISSN: | 2311-8822 2519-2604 |