Przegląd Geopolityczny (Apr 2023)
Ukraina jako pole rywalizacji Rosji z Zachodem
Abstract
The article explains the process of rivalry between the Russian and Western conceptions of world order in the perspective of the events taking place in Ukraine since 1991. According to the initial premise, the war in Ukraine is an expression of the rivalry between Russia and the West, the author considers each side involved in the conflict as a separate project of world governance. The goal of the ongoing struggle is for Russia to strengthen its position in the international arena and consolidate its hegemony in the area of the so-called “near abroad”, and to prevent this by the United States (and the West as a whole) which seeks to free Ukraine from Russian domination. The author considers the war in Ukraine as an opportunity for this country to get out from under the centuries-old influence of Russia and reject the Russian model of governance, and to build its own strong national entity based on a strictly Ukrainian idea of statehood, underpinned by conceptual assumptions adopted from the West.
