Category: Geopolitics

“BINTEL” Geopolitical Analytics Journal, Issue 1, 2019

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This Year’s First Issue of the “BINTEL” Geopolitical Analytics Journal This year’s first issue of the “BINTEL” Geopolitical Analytics Journal is traditionally opened by the material by President of the “Borysfen Intel” Centre Victor Hvozd. The article is entitled “The New Multipolar World and Ukraine”. The author summed up the results of political events, the beginning of which dates back to 1980–1990. This means the “Cold War” between the Western and Eastern blocs, which, according to the author, was considered a kind of prolongation of the Second World War and could in fact have turned into…

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“There Is No Uncontrolled Space in Geopolitics”

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President of the “Borysfen Intel” Centre Victor Hvozd at the “Radio NV” Studio   Victor Hvozd, President of the “Borysfen Intel” Center for Geopolitical Studies, at the end of the week was invited to the studio of “Radio NV”, where he answered questions about current events, in particular, about the role of intelligence agencies in ensuring security of the state. The host of the program especially wanted to hear V. Hvozd’s opinion on the personnel changes in the leadership of Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence in such a difficult time for our people and whether he considers it necessary to make public the state’s problems, when it is defending…

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Five Years of the Annexation of the Crimea

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Consequences for the World, Russia and Ukraine   Victor Hvozd March 18, 2014, an agreement was signed in the Kremlin on the “accession” of the Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia, which became the official date of their annexation. Since then, every anniversary of this event has traditionally attracted attention to the Crimean problem in Ukraine, Russia, and throughout the world. As it should have been expected, in March 2019, the world’s reaction to this issue was very wide, and in covering it, media emphasized the so-called five-year jubilee of the Russian annexation of the Peninsula. For example, the problem of Russia’s annexation of the Crimea was…

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The New World and Ukraine

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Results of the Munich Security Conference   Victor Hvozd The conference in Munich, which is held in mid-February of each year with the participation of the top world leaders, politicians and experts, is traditionally considered the main international forum in the sphere of the world security. The aim of the event is to determine key trends in the development of the situation in the world, as well as to find the ways to address common challenges, risks and threats to global and regional security. Thus, the main idea of this year’s 55th Munich Conference was statement of…

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The Failure of the Missile Treaty. What’s Next?

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February 2, 2019, the USA has officially suspended the fulfillment of its obligations under the INF Treaty   Victor Hvozd At the pages of our “Borysfen Intel” Center’s website, we have already assessed the situation around the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty). However, the further development of events in this sphere requires a return to the touched upon theme. Moreover, it has become the subject of all sorts of political speculations. For example, February 2, 2019, the USA has officially suspended the fulfillment of its obligations under the INF Treaty. The reason for this was called “Moscow’s systematic continued noncompliance with the Treaty, while Washington…

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“Ukraine Is a Geopolitical Center Where Many Interests Cross…”

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Victor Hvozd in the “Military Cabinet” of the studio of the Black Sea TV and Radio Company   The President of the “Borysfen Intel” Center, Victor Hvozd, invited to the “Military Cabinet” program of the Black Sea TV and Radio Company, was answering the host Oleksandr Yankovskyi‘s questions on the important (and not only today) for Ukraine theme — the professional activity of its intelligence agencies. As an experienced professional in the intelligence, who in his time managed to lead two intelligence agencies of independent Ukraine — the Military Intelligence and the Foreign Intelligence Service — V. Hvozd shared with the audience the vision of the modern process of defense reform and defense policy…

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The Formation of a New World and the Crisis of Globalization

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Results of the World Economic Forum in Davos   Victor Hvozd Since the beginning of the 2010s, the main trend in the development of the geopolitical situation in the world has been the formation of a new multi-polar model of international relations. Thus, the USA’s sole leadership is being replaced by a new complex and dynamic system with several centers of power of the world and regional level. To date, the main ones are China, the United Europe, Russia, Japan, India, Brazil, South Africa and a number of other countries.…

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“BINTEL” Geopolitical Analytics Journal, Issue 4, 2018

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The end-of-year issue of the “BINTEL” journal has been published Traditionally, the latest issue of the “BINTEL” journal, published on the eve of the new, 2019 year, contains articles on geopolitical topics. Since the passing year was full of various geopolitical events that concerned Ukraine, the authors of the articles, in one way or another, not just state, but also explain the reasons for those events, warn against premature conclusions or non-motivated remarks. The issue is opened by the article “Peculiarities of the Development of the Situation in the World in 2018 in the Context of Ukraine’s National Interests”. Its…

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