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Proses latihan militer Rusia di perbatasan Rusia dan Ukraina merupakan salah satu sikap politik yang dilakukan oleh pemerintah Rusia dalam menanggapi konflik internasional yang telah berlangsung lama, upaya untuk menanamkan pengaruh Rusia ke Ukraina yang berhasil sebelum akhirnya gagal di Tahun 2014 merupakan upaya untuk menyatukan kembali bekas Uni Soviet. Kebijakan ini lebih lanjut dengan melihat fakta sejarah bahwa ibu kota Ukraina memiliki hubungan yang sangat dekat dengan Rusia saat ini, di mana suku Slavia pertama (nenek moyang Rusia) berasal dari kota Kiev. Tujuan penulisan yakni mengetahui dan menganalisis faktor penyebab dan dampak dari konflik Rusia dan Ukraina. Berbagai upaya telah dilakukan Rusia untuk memperkuat pengaruhnya di Ukraina, mulai dari upaya diplomatik, bantuan ekonomi, hingga menyatukan kembali Ukraina melalui Krimea. Namun, hal ini justru menimbulkan berbagai konflik, baik di dalam negara Ukraina maupun konflik internasional. Kebijakan politik ini semakin diperparah dengan keterlibatan Amerika Serikat dan negara-negara Uni Eropa dalam konflik tersebut. Metode penelitian ini adalah studi kepustakaan, dimana metode penelitian ini menggunakan teknik pengumpulan data dengan melakukan studi penelaahan terhadap buku-buku, litertur-literatur, catatan-catatan, dan laporan-laporan yang ada. Metode studi kepustakaan digunakan penulis dengan maksud untuk memperoleh data yang lengkap dan dapat dipertanggung jawabkan kebenarannya.

Über das Seminar "Rußland und die Ukraine im euroatlantischen Raum" (Rossija i Ukraina v evroatlanticeskom prostranstve) am 10. März 1999 in Moskau, veranstaltet von der Assoziation für euroatlantische Zusammenarbeit (Associacija evroatlanticeskogo sotrudnicestva/AEAS)

Europa/Unia Europejska, dysponując niekwestionowanymi atutami, powinna też być aktywnym i skutecznym graczem na arenie międzynarodowej. Takie były oczekiwania Stanów Zjednoczonych, formułowane zwłaszcza przez administrację Baracka Obamy. Jednak z amerykańskiej perspektywy Europa nie sprawdziła się jako ważny aktor na scenie międzynarodowej, zaangażowany w rozwiązywanie problemów globalnych i gotowy brać większą odpowiedzialność zabieg spraw w świecie. Tainercja Unii Europejskiej powodowała, że nastąpiła marginalizacja Europy w polityce amerykańskiej, czego wyrazem był "pivot to the Pacific Rim". Dopiero wydarzenia na Ukrainie, będące efektem imperialnych tendencji w działaniach Rosji, spowodowały większą aktywność i koherentność polityki amerykańskiej i europejskiej, prowadząc też do wzmocnienia układu transatlantyckiego ; Europe/the European Union, with its obvious trump cards, should be an active and efficient player on the international arena. Such are the expectations of the United States, formulated especially by the administration of Barack Obama. However, from the American perspective, the EU has not proved successful as an important international actor, engaged in resolving global problems and prepared to assume greater responsibility for the course of events in the world. This inertia of the EU resulted in the marginalisation of Europe in American politics, as manifested by the latter's pivot to the Pacific Rim. It was only after the developments in the Ukraine, which resulted from Russia's imperial tendencies, that a greater activity and coherence in American and European politics was triggered, having a positive influence also on transatlantic relations.

In this essay, the author addresses the question of Ukraine's and Russia's relations with the West in the modern and contemporary era. He believes that the revolution in Ukraine in 2013/2014 signifies a successive stage in Ukraine's emancipation and modernization, which began with the emergence of a separate nation on its territory in the 19th century. The author is in favor of the further use of such conceptual categories as the 'centre', the 'periphery', and 'modernization'. He thinks they still permit the description of the real developmental distance between different parts of the world and the analysis of strategies aimed at diminishing that distance. In his opinion, Ukraine's present chance for modernization is unambiguously connected with its choice of the 'western' road of development. He interprets the Russian attempt to counteract this choice by force as an expression of the disappointment experienced by the elite of the former empire. In essence, it is a sign that Russia is remaining in a peripheral situation in regard to the West, which is 'escaping' it.

Die Wirtschaftsentwicklung in der Ukraine im Jahre 1997 spiegelt im wesentlichen die Entwicklung der voraufgegangenen Jahre wider. Die erste Etappe des Privatisierungsprozesses ist zwar praktisch abgeschlossen. Die finanzielle Situation eines Großteils der Unternehmen ist jedoch nach wie vor als prekär anzusehen. Ca. 40% der gesamten Industrieproduktion werden auf der Basis von Barter-Geschäften abgewickelt. Die Regierung sah sich angesichts der Finanzkrise zu harten Interventionsmaßnahmen gezwungen. Die bevorstehenden Parlaments- und Präsidentschaftswahlen und die damit einhergehende Konzentration der Politiker auf populistische wirtschaftspolitische Forderungen könnten zu einer Verlangsamung des Reformprozesses führen. (BIOst-Mrk)

The collapse of the Soviet Union was a momentous event for the entire world, but it was Soviet citizens for whom it was of the greatest importance. The fall of the USSR changed the geopolitical and economic map of the world and led to the emergence of fifteen new states. An independent Ukraine has become a significant component of this new geopolitical reality. The dissolution of the USSR gave the citizens of Ukraine a chance to build a sovereign state, consistent with the national interest, the state which could independently pursue its strategic goals in the area of domestic and foreign policy. Thirty years have passed since those events, which is a long enough time period to analyse changes made and to define how Ukraine has taken advantage of its historic opportunity. This paper examines the political and economic transformation of Ukraine, as well as the evolution of its foreign policy. The article also questions whether it is appropriate to compare the post-communist development of Ukraine to certain Central European countries. It also highlights the current attitude of the Ukrainian society towards the collapse of the USSR and to the Soviet past of this country.