Several Comments on Polish-Ukrainian Relations after Russia’s Annexation of Crimea from the Perspective of Political Sciences

• Authors: Citkowska-Kimla Anna

Title variants

UK

Декілька коментарів про польсько-українські відносин після приєднання Криму до Росії з точки зору політичних наук

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The annexation of Ukrainian Crimea by Russia and its activities in the eastern part of Ukraine encourage political scientists and experts in international relations and security to conduct diverse analyses. This article aims to reflect on the problem of how, from the point of view of political science, Polish-Ukraine relations should be shaped as well as how Russia’s actions could be explained. Concepts of the following researchers have been used in the analysis: Adolf Bocheński, Hannah Arendt, Hans Morgenthau, Sigmund Freud and the paradigm of realism and romanticism in politics. The conclusions of the discussion are as follows: the course adopted by Polish decision-makers towards Ukraine (and hence against Russia), although understandable in some respects and having a theoretical justification, seems to be in line with the current of the romantic and idealistic political thought. These trends, generally speaking, are discredited in international relations.

Keywords

EN

Ukraine,; Russia,; Poland,; Polish-Ukrainian relations,; international relations,; Adolf Bocheński,; Hannah; Arendt,; Hans Morgenthau,; Sigmund Freud,; romantic,; idealistic and realistic currents in the realm of politics

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Naukowe w Żytomierzu
• Journal: Studia Politologica Ucraino-Polona
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 5
• Pages: 8-13

Contributors

author

Citkowska-Kimla Anna

• Institute of Political Science and International Relations of Jagiellonian University in Kraków