Ukraine in a Geopolitical Game between the West and the Russian Federation

by Wiktor Mozgin^1
1 Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Kraków, Poland)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/up/3/5
Received: October 23, 2018 / Accepted: November 19, 2018 / Published: December 25, 2018

The beginning of the 21^st century told all observers of international politics about the phenomenon of a rivalry revival between the West and the Russian Federation. Moscow’s resurgent imperialist aspirations are being negated both by the United States and by the countries of the European Union. In the context of world events, Washington loses its hegemonic position in favor of the reviving powers, which Russia is also included to nowadays. The territory of the Ukrainian state is the area in which the active phase of rivalry between the West and the Russian Federation currently takes place. The Donbas war is an exemplification of the Kremlin’s expansionist plans, because by destabilizing the integrity of Ukraine, Russia wants to restore control over this territory. This raises the fundamental issue concerning the subjectivity of Ukraine in the international arena. Therefore, will Ukraine be able to cope with the struggle of the great powers in the context of geopolitical clash, in which it is treated as the object of struggle? The multifaceted nature of this phenomenon is the basis of this article, which presents the situation of Ukraine in the context of the geopolitical rivalry between the West and the Russian Federation.

Keywords: geopolitics; objectivity of the state; Ukrainian-Russian war; destabilization; Ukraine

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Mozgin, Wiktor (2018) Ukraine in a Geopolitical Game between the West and the Russian Federation. Ukrainian Policymaker, Volume 3, 36-42. https://doi.org/10.29202/up/3/5