MODERN DETERMINANTS OF UKRAINIAN GEOPOLITICAL SPACE: NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN ASPECTS ; СУЧАСНІ ДЕТЕРМІНАНТИ ГЕОПОЛІТИЧНОГО ПРОСТОРУ УКРАЇНИ: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ ТА ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКИЙ АСПЕКТ
Objective determinants of geopolitical space of Ukraine are characterised, which at the present stageis manifested from geospatial position in economic, ideological, information- cybernetic and sociopolitical dimensions. Accordingly,appropriate characteristics and typical features of analysis are proposedfor each of these directions. Thanks to them there is a possibility of multilateral consideration of those determinants which define today a place of the Ukrainian space on the European geopolitical arena. Philosophical methods (in particular, principles of interdependence, interrelation, causality), comparative-geographical and comparative-historical methods as well as method of system analysis and content analysis were used to observe features of clarity, effectiveness and validity of research results. The article analyzes organizational arrangements and institutional mechanisms of implementation of European integration policy of Ukraine, defines the intermediary role of the European Union countries in this policy, and studies the influence of the European vector on structural changes of economic, social and political environment of Ukraine. The attention is focused on the place of Ukraine in the geopolitical concept of the leading countries of the world. The features of internal geopolitical situationformationin the context of large related macro-regions are reflected in detail. In each of the macro-regionssomespecific mental and behavioral features that determine its uniqueness, but not isolation, arepointed out. The features of territorial and political consolidation of the state at the present stage are defined. The modern determinants of economic nature on the immediate prospects of development of the national economy are highlighted. The role of information component in the formation of geopolitical features of space as a source of influence and popularization of certain behavioral content is noted.Indicators of electoral sympathies, which embody certain ideological and social preferences of the ...