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Economy in Exchange for Sovereignty

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Should We Stake On Russia?   Victor Hvozd Despite the clear constitutional definition of Ukraine’s external course, the election campaign in our country again gave relevance to this issue. Thus, despite Russia’s continuation of its armed aggression against Ukraine, a number of Ukrainian political forces openly advocate restoration of relations with the aggressor without any commitments on its part. In support of this, the arguments are put forward about “positive effects” of such a step, which supposedly would contribute to the development of the Ukrainian economy and increase the standard of living…

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China’s African Policy

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Oleksiy Volovych Over the past 20 years, China has increased its economic presence in Africa, and this trend will continue in the future, as it is extremely attractive for both China itself and for many African countries. The predicted critical shortage of natural resources for China’s economy and the need to expand global demand for Chinese goods make Africa a strategic asset for economic cooperation and guarantees of economic security of the Celestial. In our view, China’s economic and military presence on the African continent has become so large-scaled that the USA’s possible attempts “to push it out” of Africa are clearly doomed to fail, or they can provoke a planetary…

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New Manifestations and Trends in the European Politics of Some of Our European Geopolitical Neighbors

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Serhiy Polyovyk Today, the system of existing institutes of the European community is subject to testing. Especially regarding the strength of common values that have become familiar in recent decades, and which may seem long-lasting. But such stability of the present can suddenly change and in relations there will be mutual distrust, hostility and intransigence. Taking into consideration the Western-European media analytics, it is now advisable for Ukraine to actively pursue pragmatic international relations. And to remember about the experience gained, about enemies’ encroachments, and to form our own civilized, but at the same time, aggressive offensive policy in foreign relations. That will allow to become a geopolitical actor that offers clear and mutually…

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“We Often Are a Defending Party. While We Should Actively Advocate Our Principles”

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July 11, 2019, the Ukrinform hosted an interesting discussion on the upcoming meeting of the UN Security Council on the Ukrainian Language Law. The meeting of the Security Council was again initiated by the Russian Federation   The charitable foundation “Accent” together with the public initiative “Amber Way” this time devoted their event to the RF’s so-called initiative to hold a meeting of the UN Security Council, on the agenda of which would be the Language Law of Ukraine. Participants of the event in the Ukrinform expressed their seeing of this not ordinary event, outlined a series of related problems that Russia is trying to shift onto Ukraine, and…

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Mykhaylo Savva: “Modern technologies of influence on public opinion, actually, make it possible to take a person “from nowhere” and create a leader”

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Interview with the Chairman of the Board of the Expert Group “SOVA”   — Recently, at one of the round tables at the Center for Russian Studies, in your report “From Simulative Democracy to Neo-Totalitarianism” you pointed out 17 features of a modern authoritarian regime. Is this from the experience of modern Russia or did you mean historical events in a broader, world-wide context? — The features I mentioned are the result of research by many scientists from different countries. The fact that authoritarian regimes are characteristic not only for our time, they were in the historical past, and probably and unfortunately, will be in the future too. Their characteristics have been traced at all stages of historical…

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V. Hvozd: “…Intelligence Is Always an Invisible Intellectual Duel”

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Visiting the Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine   Recently, the Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine was visited by the well known Ukrainian military, intelligence officer and diplomat, president of the “Borysfen Intel” Independent Analytical Center for Geopolitical Studies, Lieutenant General Hvozd Victor Ivanovych. The library’s readers and staff are sincerely grateful to Victor Ivanovych for the books donated to the VNLU funds. This is, in particular, his monograph “Historical, Legal and Political Aspects of the State’s Intelligence Activity” (Kyiv, 2018), which contains the comprehensive analysis of intelligence activities in the context of the system of ensuring the national security of the state. In V. Hvozd’s right opinion: “…intelligence is always…

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