Historical Preconditions of Formation of the Concept “Intermarium” in the Face of Contemporary Challenges Leonid Chupriy1 Doctor of Political Sciences, Associate Professor, National Aviation University (Kyiv, Ukraine) E-mail:
[email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7221-5703 The article analyzes the main vectors of foreign policy of the Ukrainian state: the Eurasian, European, South-East. It focuses on the development of the South-East geopolitical areas through practical implementation of the concept “Intermarium” in the face of increasing international calls. The idea of creating a Baltic-black sea Union was supported by a number of Ukrainian and foreign figures: the Josef Pilsudski Siegfried Marocs Hrushevsky, Andrei Sinyavsky, Tadeusz Golovko, Wladyslaw Sikorski, Jaroslaw Kaczynski and other. It is noted that the implementation of the project “Intermarium” will have a significant geopolitical, economic and socio-cultural benefits. Keywords: geopolitics; Baltic-Black Sea Union; Intermarium; Ukrainian state Received: November 12, 2018; accepted: December 5, 2018 Ukrainian Policymaker, Volume 3, 2018: 4-10. https://doi.org/10.29202/up/3/1 In the face of increasing international challenges, in the face of Russian expansion, the proliferation of ideas of “Russian world”, is actualized question regarding the revision of the European countries and their security strategies. The occupation and annexation of Crimea by Russia, the destabilization of Eastern Ukraine initiated by Russia, has revived the trend of a stronger collective defense in Europe under the NATO umbrella. It should be noted that in the current circumstances, NATO remains the main guarantor of security in Europe. At the conclusion of the German Institute for international and security Affairs, as the conflict in Ukraine has exacerbated NATO, just as it has weakened the security policy and defence of the EU.