EURASIANISM AS A GEOPOLITICAL IDEOLOGY - GEOPOLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF POTENTIAL RUSSIAN UKRAINIAN CONFLICT

  • Rastislav Kazansky Department of Security Studies, Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations Matej Bel University Banska Bystrica
  • Lucia Rysova Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, , Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations Matej Bel University Banska Bystrica
Keywords: geopolitics, Eurasians, conflict, strategy

Abstract

Research Paper

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37458/ssj.3.1.4

The paper covers the geopolitical issues and impacts of contemporary theoretical geopolitical approaches, specially formed in Russian Federations which is concentrated in Eurasian school. This geopolitical paradigm illustrates the theoretical and ideological influence in Russia which is forming a foreign and security policy focused on Ukraine. In this contribution, we are presenting analyze of the main ideas and principles of this geopolitical ideology in Russian policy and strategy today.

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Published
2022-03-24