Editorial: The Conflict in Ukraine – the Reactivation of Geopolitics?

• Authors: Filip Musiał
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The turn of the 20th and 21st century was the time when the notion of the demise of geopolitics and the triumph of globalization was very popular. However,  the conflict in Ukraine and the intensification of Russian Federation’s  imperial ambitions proved this belief wrong. Geopolitics has certainly not become less meaningful and the situation across our eastern border serves to remind us that war - as a social and political phenomenon - is a permanent element of international relations and Europe, which seemed certain of its stability and security, is no exception. The hybrid war initiated in Ukraine in 2014 is still being waged and there are few signs of this conflict, which is destabilizing Europe, coming to an end...

• Publisher: Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
• Journal: Horyzonty Polityki
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 20
• Pages: 7-8

Dates

published

2017-01-23

Contributors

author

Filip Musiał