Features of the current geopolitical situation and foreign policy of independent Ukraine

Marcin Konieczny

Features of the current geopolitical situation and foreign policy of independent Ukraine

Marcin Konieczny

Abstract

The relevance of the subject under study is conditioned by the fact that in the context of Russian aggression, Ukraine is undergoing a new stage of state development, which primarily concerns its future position on the political map of the world and its role in the system of international relations. The purpose of this study was to analyse the geopolitical situation and foreign policy activities of Ukraine at the present stage of its historical development. General scientific and special research methods, including comparative, historical, and systemic, structural and functional, forecasting, institutional, and other methods, were used to solve the tasks set. The findings of this study can be considered as the identification of the stages of Ukraine’s development in the diplomatic space, and the formulation of the state’s foreign policy guidelines. The study described Ukraine’s geopolitical strategy since independence and the state of its partnership potential at present. The study analysed the principal areas of foreign policy activities of the state authorities and the country’s prospects in terms of its advancement on the world stage. The participants also identified the priorities of Ukraine’s foreign policy and the problems of asserting the state in the international arena in the context of Russian aggression and the struggle for territorial integrity. The results of this study are important for government officials whose responsibilities include the development of the state’s foreign policy course, as well as for scholars whose research interests include foreign policy in the European-Atlantic context and Ukraine’s cooperation with foreign countries

Keywords

geopolitical strategy; national security of Ukraine; international relations; European integration; national interests; multipolar model of the world order

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Suggested citation

Konieczny, M. (2023). Features of the current geopolitical situation and foreign policy of independent Ukraine. Foreign Affairs, 33(6), 22-29. https://doi.org/10.46493/2663-2675.33(6).2023.22-29