Historical Preconditions of Formation of the Concept “Intermarium” in the Face of Contemporary Challenges

by Leonid Chupriy^1
1 National Aviation University (Kyiv, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/up/3/1
Received: November 12, 2018 / Accepted: December 5, 2018 / Published: December 25, 2018

The article analyzes the main vectors of foreign policy of the Ukrainian state: the Eurasian, European, South-East. It focuses on the development of the South-East geopolitical areas through practical implementation of the concept “Intermarium” in the face of increasing international calls. The idea of creating a Baltic-black sea Union was supported by a number of Ukrainian and foreign figures: the Josef Pilsudski Siegfried Marocs Hrushevsky, Andrei Sinyavsky, Tadeusz Golovko, Wladyslaw Sikorski, Jaroslaw Kaczynski and other. It is noted that the implementation of the project “Intermarium” will have a significant geopolitical, economic and socio-cultural benefits.

Keywords: geopolitics; Baltic-Black Sea Union; Intermarium; Ukrainian state

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Chupriy, Leonid (2018) Historical Preconditions of Formation of the Concept “Intermarium” in the Face of Contemporary Challenges. Ukrainian Policymaker, Volume 3, 4-10. https://doi.org/10.29202/up/3/1