Category: Publications

Russia Relying on Eurasia as a Basis of Power

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Geopolitical Trends   Serhiy Polovyk Leading European analysts and experts are thoroughly analyzing the materials of the recent summit of the EU, which completed its work in Brussels. If nothing else, the summit discussed the future of the European Union after the Brexit, consolidation in counteracting China’s “soft power” on the European continent, problems and threats from the total spread of digital technologies and the degree of their influence on the configuration of internal and interstate relations, security policy and methods of counteracting cybercrime, etc. The authoritative Swiss periodical, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ),…

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Latin America. Analytical Review 03/2019

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Kateryna Vakarchuk The Political and Economic Situation in March 2019   March of 2019 can be considered hard for Venezuela. Despite the humanitarian support provided to it by many countries, the situation remains too complex. The visit of members of the British royal family to Cuba can be considered life-changing, because it is, in fact, a breakthrough of current Cuban diplomacy. Perhaps in the future, the United States will change its position on Cuba. Spain continues to demonstrate not only its cultural and historical ties, but also economic ones with its former colonies. Mexico is still not very active in resolving the problem of…

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Trends and Directions in the Development of the Current Political Regime in Russia

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At the initiative of the NGO “Centre for Russian Studies”, on April 5, at the Diplomatic Academy under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, was held an International Round Table themed “The Current Political Regime in Russia: Quo vadis?” The invited to this event international analysts, representatives of the diplomatic corps in Ukraine and experts of the Centre analyzed the most threatening for the security of Europe trends of domestic political development of the Russian Federation. They characterized the current political regime of Russia and forecasted the trends of its possible development. The Round Table…

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Ukraine, Syria and Venezuela

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The Multipolar World as a Source of Crises and Conflicts   Victor Hvozd The objective consequence of the formation of a new multipolar world is the growing problem of relations between different centers of power. Today, the sharpest of these are the contradictions between the West (the USA and Europe) and Russia, which are turning into another “Cold War”. At this, like the previous “Cold War” between the Western and Eastern blocs, it is accompanied by armed conflicts in the centers of intersection of interests of the world leading powers.   Ukraine Ukraine has become the object of a…

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The World’s Reaction to D. Trump’s Declaration on the Status of the Golan Heights

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Oleksiy Volovych On March 25, 2019, US President D. Trump signed the Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel. The position of Ukraine. March 26, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kateryna Zelenko, said that Ukraine was complying with the UN Security Council’s resolutions on the status of the Golan Heights, in particular Resolutions No. 242 of 1967, No. 465 of 1980, and also No. 497 of 1981, which states that “the Israeli decision to establish its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is null and void and…

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China’s Marching Westwards

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How Safe Is the “New Silk Road”   Serhiy Polyovyk The authoritative German edition Handelsblatt, specializing in economic studies and forecasts, and determining financial world trends, on March 29 posted analytical material on the EU-China Summit to be held on April 9 in Brussels. It reports that not only German analysts, but also their European colleagues believe that China’s strategic initiative “The Belt and Road”, which has already been partially implemented in different regions of the world, is a threat to Europe. And it explains its essence, which is, in fact, the economic absorption of…

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The Taliban: A Threat to the Central Asia Region

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Vadym Volokhov The years-long war in Afghanistan has given rise to the phenomenon of the Taliban movement. Some Afghan political analysts and analysts in the West consider it a purely Afghan phenomenon. Maybe it is, but the events of the spring of 2019 show that the melting of snow and opening of mountain passes increases the danger for Afghanistan’s neighboring countries — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. The aggravation of the situation on the borders of Afghanistan indicates that the phenomenon of the “Taliban” is no longer purely Afghan, and in addition to Tajikistan, they…

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China Is Making It to Europe from the South

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Roman Kot Despite the fact that the European Union remains one of the largest economic powers in the world, politically, European states failed to develop a single entity that would allow them to respond collectively to external or internal challenges. As a result, the EU is forced to step back and focus on one of two global powers: China or the United States. Traditionally, the established cooperation with the United States, especially within the framework of NATO, for a long time allowed Europe, under security umbrella, to care about the economy, not the army. At the same time, the…

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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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Afghanistan Is at the Cusp of Great Changes

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The History of Revolutions, Treachery, Civil War and Terror   Vadym Volokhov The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is located at a crossroads between the East and the West and since ancient times has been the center of trade and migration. The advantageous geopolitical location — between South and Central Asia, on the one hand, and the Middle East on the other, allows it to play an important role in economic, political and cultural relations of the countries of the region. Through the territory of Afghanistan there went ancient trade routes from the Mediterranean and Caspian seas and the countries of Central Asia to the Indian Ocean coast.…

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