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EJTS, Vol. 2, Suppl 1 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TRANSFORMATION STUDIES 2014 Vol. 2, Supplement 1 Ukraine – Russia – Syria Conflicts at the Gates of Europe Guest editors Prof. Tetyana Nagornyak Donetsk National University, Ukraine Dr. Przemysław Sieradzan University of Gdansk, Poland © by Europe Our House, Tbilisi e-ISSN 2298-0997 Editor-in-Chief Tamar Gamkrelidze Europe Our House , Tbilisi , Georgia [email protected] Co-editors Prof. Arkadiusz Modrzejewski Dr. Tatiana Tökölyová University of Gdansk , Poland University College of International and [email protected] Public Affairs in Bratislava, Slovakia [email protected] Copy editor Magda Warzocha, MA Medical University of Gdansk, Poland EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Prof. Jakub Potulski, University of Gdansk, Poland – Chairperson Prof. Tadeusz Dmochowski, University of Gdansk, Poland Prof. Marwan Al-Absi, University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, Slovakia Prof. Slavomír Gálik, University of ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia Prof. Stefan Ewertowski, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland Prof. Wojciech Forysinski, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famangusta, Northern Cyprus Prof. Branislav Fridrich, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia Prof. Danuta Piecka, Nicola Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Prof. Anatoliy Kruglashov, Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine Prof. Dušan Leška, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia Prof. Malkhaz Matsaberidze, Ivane Javakashvili Tbilisi State University Prof. Ruizan Mekvabidze, Gori State Teaching University, Georgia Prof. Lucia Mokrá, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia Prof. Tatiana Papiashvili, Black See University in Tbilisi, Georgia Prof. Andras Bozoki, Central European University in Budapest, Hungary Prof. Tereza-Brînduşa Palade, National University of Political and Public Administration in Bucharest, Romania Prof. Dana Petranová, University of ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia Prof. Elif Çolakoğlu, Atatürk University in Erzurum, Turkey Prof. Petr Jemelka, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic Prof. Hana Pravdová, University of ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia Prof. Josef Dolista, CEVRO Institut College in Prague, Czech Republic Prof. Valeriu Mosneaga, Moldova State University in Chişinău, Republic of Moldova Prof. Alex Skovikov, Moscow University for the Humanities, Russia Prof. Andrei Taranu, National University of Political Science and Public Administration in Bucharest, Romania Prof. Tetyana Nagornyak, Donetsk National University, Ukraine Prof. Alexandre Kukhianidze, Tbilisi State University, Georgia Prof. Nana Akhalaia, Gori State Teaching University, Georgia Prof. Jana Reschová, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republik Dr. Antonio Momoc, University of Bucharest, Romania Dr. Przemysław Sieradzan, University of Gdansk, Poland Dr. Justyna Schulz, University of Bremen, Germany Dr. Sabína Gáliková Tolnaiová, University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, Slovakia Dr. Sylwia Mrozowska, University of Gdansk, Poland Dr. Živka Deleva, University of Erfurt, Germany CONTENTS Editorial (4) ARTICLES AND STUDIES UKRAINE Tetyana Nagornyak Ukraine – 2014 Through the Prism of Relations Between The State and Society (5) Nick Polyvovyy Simulation Modeling of Political Instability and Maydan of 2013/2014 in Ukraine (22) Katerina Yastura Openness of Society: Maydan’s experience (34) Pavlo Molochko Aggregative Factors of Development of the Party System of Ukraine (41) Ivana Polakevičová Content Analysis of Medial News on the Crisis in Ukraine in the Main News of Public Television RTVS in Slovakia (52) RUSSIA Przemysław Sieradzan Siberian Separatism and Russian Post-imperial Statehood (61) Anna Kurkiewicz Russia in The Horizon of Other. Philosophical Reflection on Category “Dissimilarity” (72) SYRIA Marwan Al-Absi & Tatiana Tökölyová Crisis in Syria – Reason and Consequences (82) OPINIONS AND ESSAYS Tatiana Vorozheikina Ukraine: Non-lost Illusion (90) Arkadiusz Modrzejewski The New Empire of Lie? Essay on Lack of Truth in International Relations (111) Editorial The following volume of „European Journal of Transformation Studies” is dedicated to the potential and actual conflicts, which pose a serious threat to the structure of international security. During last year the turbulence of international political affairs dramatically increased. According to numerous analysts and commentators, our planet is not a relatively safe place as many thought it to be. Francis Fukuyama’s notion of “The End of History”, tantamount to the final victory of the model of state based on liberalism, democracy and capitalism, which used to be quite widespread in the early 90s of the 20 th century, seems nowadays like naïve delusion or rather more or less sophisticated piece of black humor. Indeed, wars, conflicts and ideologically motivated violence seem to be everything but a part of burden of the past that the humanity has left behind. The international collective of authors, most of whom are specialists in different fields of political science, decided to take up the challenge of the analysis of some of the events that recently has shaken the world public opinion’s feeling of safety. All of the authors are conscious of the fact that writing about current political processes from the scientific perspective is very difficult due to limited data available, contradictory reports and the necessity to separate the wheat of facts from the chaff of propaganda. Forecasting the future evolution of ongoing events is always very risky, especially in the uncertain times we all live in. Despite the fact mentioned above, the authors decided to try to comprehend the current conflicts and tensions, because of their deepest belief in need of scientific, sine ira et studio analysis of political and social phenomena that shape the contemporary world but are often described by biased journalists and ideologically motivated commentators. The first five articles are dedicated to the recent events in Ukraine and cover different aspects of the ongoing conflict: the relations between the state and society, modeling of political instability, openness of society, development of the Ukrainian party system and the media coverage of the crisis in Slovakia. The second part of the current issue is dedicated to the contemporary Russian state. It consists of two articles: one about the Siberian separatism and the other containing philosophical refection on “dissimilarity”. One article presents the analysis of the ongoing conflict in Syria. The final part of the volume contains two essays. First of them is an attempt to understand recent events in Ukraine from the point of view of the relationship between the society and the state, while the other is dedicated to the problem of lack of truth in contemporary international relations. 4 ARTICLES AND STUDIES Ukraine – 2014 Through the Prism of Relations Between The State and Society Tetyana Nagornyak Donetsk National University, Ukraine Abstract The maturity of a state always correlates with the strength of the national (not ethnic) community’s identity. The quality of such correlation becomes crucial and often improves during the trials. Peace has never existed without war, but worldwide development is constant in its changing cycles of colonization (confirmation of Empires/confederations, movement towards bipolarity, strengthening of military-technogenic human potential, globalization of economics and identity) and decolonization (territorial reconstruction of the world, development accent’s shift towards the social equity, branding "comfort places", peripherality of capitalism). Each socio-political developments (war and a coup d’état, terrorism and AIDS, natural disasters and changes in social display) as attractors of such cycles actualize the question about the maturity of relations between a state and society. The form of such relationships could be designed by religion, political regime, social contract and establish systematic game rules. It converts political support for public institutions by masses into increasing of various incomes among the population (economic stability, legal, financial and social population security, distribution of capabilities and software and growth prospects system on the whole, it’s symbolic and social equity).The chosen format of relationships between a state and society is the core of the system modernization, key actor’s responsibility (government, community, business and media- environment) and the correspondence of their activity with a single strategic model (which system aims at) is a major factor in its successful renewal. Key words: Ukraine, Ukrainian society, state Methodology Control points of relations between a state and society are reflected by media-space. Its quality (both national and global - external to the system, which is being transformed) establishes the roles among media-representatives from professionals, who are able to create an adequate picture of the world, to "vultures", who are against all, and maintenance of individual actors, their mouthpieces and writers. Multidisciplinary researches of the relationship between state and society prove that they are caused by the principles that have been formed: - historically (form of the relationships between state and individual, territorial structure, administration, historical memory) and civilisationally (mental 5 features of the population, its ethnic composition, model of outlook, the ability to self-organization and authentic forms of political geno-text (authentic
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