Research Article

Historical, Ideological and Political Origins of the Current Geopolitical View of the Ukrainian Elite

Volume: 19 Number: 38 June 22, 2026
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Historical, Ideological and Political Origins of the Current Geopolitical View of the Ukrainian Elite

Abstract

The article engages with the dilemma of the Ukrainian foreign policy and its civilizational choice. At present, under the deep Ukrainian crisis, the Russian political elite is attempting to stop the reduction of its sphere of influence in the post-Soviet space. In the near future, the issue of interaction between the Russian and the Ukrainian elites will get into the discursive window based on the ideological legacy of the Ukrainian political thought of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This is related to the future development of Ukraine in the face of the weakening of the Russian imperial center. Upon the methodology of geopolitical approach and discourse analysis, three pillars of the Ukrainian political thought of the period – pro-Russian (Drahomanov, Lypynsky, Hrushevsky), pro-Western (Lypa, Rudnyckyj, Zhuk) and autochthonous (Syniavskyi) are analyzed and seen as an entry point for the beginning of the normalization of the bilateral Russian-Ukrainian relations.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Regional Studies, International Relations (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 22, 2026

Submission Date

December 18, 2025

Acceptance Date

April 10, 2026

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Volume: 19 Number: 38

APA
Demeshko, N., Tatlıoğlu, E., & Moskalenko, O. (2026). Historical, Ideological and Political Origins of the Current Geopolitical View of the Ukrainian Elite. Gazi Akademik Bakış, 19(38), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.19060/gav.1972890
AMA
1.Demeshko N, Tatlıoğlu E, Moskalenko O. Historical, Ideological and Political Origins of the Current Geopolitical View of the Ukrainian Elite. Gazi Akademik Bakış. 2026;19(38):1-16. doi:10.19060/gav.1972890
Chicago
Demeshko, Natalia, Erman Tatlıoğlu, and Olga Moskalenko. 2026. “Historical, Ideological and Political Origins of the Current Geopolitical View of the Ukrainian Elite”. Gazi Akademik Bakış 19 (38): 1-16. https://doi.org/10.19060/gav.1972890.
EndNote
Demeshko N, Tatlıoğlu E, Moskalenko O (June 1, 2026) Historical, Ideological and Political Origins of the Current Geopolitical View of the Ukrainian Elite. Gazi Akademik Bakış 19 38 1–16.
IEEE
[1]N. Demeshko, E. Tatlıoğlu, and O. Moskalenko, “Historical, Ideological and Political Origins of the Current Geopolitical View of the Ukrainian Elite”, Gazi Akademik Bakış, vol. 19, no. 38, pp. 1–16, June 2026, doi: 10.19060/gav.1972890.
ISNAD
Demeshko, Natalia - Tatlıoğlu, Erman - Moskalenko, Olga. “Historical, Ideological and Political Origins of the Current Geopolitical View of the Ukrainian Elite”. Gazi Akademik Bakış 19/38 (June 1, 2026): 1-16. https://doi.org/10.19060/gav.1972890.
JAMA
1.Demeshko N, Tatlıoğlu E, Moskalenko O. Historical, Ideological and Political Origins of the Current Geopolitical View of the Ukrainian Elite. Gazi Akademik Bakış. 2026;19:1–16.
MLA
Demeshko, Natalia, et al. “Historical, Ideological and Political Origins of the Current Geopolitical View of the Ukrainian Elite”. Gazi Akademik Bakış, vol. 19, no. 38, June 2026, pp. 1-16, doi:10.19060/gav.1972890.
Vancouver
1.Natalia Demeshko, Erman Tatlıoğlu, Olga Moskalenko. Historical, Ideological and Political Origins of the Current Geopolitical View of the Ukrainian Elite. Gazi Akademik Bakış. 2026 Jun. 1;19(38):1-16. doi:10.19060/gav.1972890