NAVIGATING THE CIVILIZATIONAL FRONTIER “TARTU – TARTUS”: RETHINKING UKRAINIAN STRATEGIC GUIDES

Authors

Authors

Vasyl KARPO, Volodymyr FISANOV, Volodymyr FISANOV, Alla KYRYDON, Serhiy TROYAN, Nataliia ROTAR, Serhiy FEDUNYAK, Valentyna BOHATYRETS, Yaroslav ZORIY, Nataliia NECHAІEVA-YURIІCHUK, Ivanna MAKUKH-FEDORKOVA, Oksana ZVOZDETSKA, Tetіana FEDORCHAK, Vira BURDYAK, Ivan OSADTSA, Liubov MELNYCHUK, Nataliya STRELCHUK

Navigating the civilizational frontier “Tartu – Tartus”: rethinking Ukrainian strategic guides : Monograph / Edited by Volodymyr Fisanov, Ivan Osadtsa, Vira Burdyak. Riga, Latvia : Baltija Publishing, 2026. 334 р.

Chapters

  • TO THE READERS
    Vasyl KARPO
  • FOREWORD
    Volodymyr FISANOV
  • TARTU – TARTUS: A NEW CIVILIZATIONAL FRONTIER OR A GEOSTRATEGIC FAULT LINE
    Volodymyr FISANOV
  • THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR THROUGH THE LENS OF OFFICIAL DISCOURSE AND OPINION LEADERS IN THE WEIMAR TRIANGLE STATES
    Alla KYRYDON, Serhiy TROYAN
  • FORGING UKRAINE’S CENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPEAN IDENTITY AMID GEOPOLITICAL TURBULENCE
    Nataliia ROTAR
  • UKRAINE AND CENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPE: SECURITY DIMENSIONS
    Serhiy FEDUNYAK
  • UKRAINE’S TRANSFORMATION: FROM A PERIPHERAL BUFFER TO A KEYSTONE ELEMENT OF EUROPEAN SECURITY (COMMUNICATIVE-DISCURSIVE DIMENSION)
    Valentyna BOHATYRETS, Yaroslav ZORIY
  • UKRAINE AND RUSSIAN NEO-IMPERIALISM: TERRITORIAL ANNEXATION VS WAR OF IDENTITY
    Nataliia NECHAІEVA-YURIІCHUK
  • FEATURES OF CONTEMPORARY INFORMATION WARFARE IN THE CONTEXT OF RUSSO-UKRAINIAN GEOSTRATEGIC CONFRONTATION
    Ivanna MAKUKH-FEDORKOVA
  • UKRAINE’S STATE POLICY REGARDING THE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE) UNDER FULL-SCALE WAR: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
    Oksana ZVOZDETSKA
  • UKRAINE-CZECHIA RELATIONS: EXTERNAL CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
    Tetіana FEDORCHAK
  • THE CURRENT STATE OF UKRAINIAN-BULGARIAN RELATIONS: PRESENT REALITIES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
    Vira BURDYAK
  • INTEGRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA INTO THE EUROPEAN INFORMATION AREA: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
    Ivan OSADTSA
  • UKRAINIAN-ROMANIAN HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION: MAIN PRIORITIES AND INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS
    Liubov MELNYCHUK
  • “STATE CAPTURE” IN SERBIA: FROM INSTITUTIONAL CONTINUITY TO SYSTEMIC CORRUPTION
    Nataliya STRELCHUK
Author Biographies
Vasyl KARPO, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine

Dean of the Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations

Volodymyr FISANOV

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor

Volodymyr FISANOV, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine

Doctor of Historical Science, Professor of the Department of International Relations and Public Communications

Alla KYRYDON, State Scientific Institution “Encyclopedic Publishing House”, Ukraine

Doctor of Historical Science, Professor, Director

Serhiy TROYAN, National University “Kyiv Aviation Institute”, Ukraine

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Department of International Relations and Strategic Studies

Nataliia ROTAR, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the Department of Political Science and
Public Administration

Serhiy FEDUNYAK, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine

Doctor of Political Science, Professor of the Department of International Relations and Public Communications

Valentyna BOHATYRETS, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine

PhD, Associate Professor, Translator, Lecturer Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Translation Studies, Faculty of History, Political Science and International Studies

Yaroslav ZORIY, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine

Doctor of Education, Professor of the Department of Sports and Fitness, Faculty of Physical Culture, Sports and Rehabilitation

Nataliia NECHAІEVA-YURIІCHUK, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine

PhD of Historical Science, Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration

Ivanna MAKUKH-FEDORKOVA, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor of the Department of International Relations and Public Communications

Oksana ZVOZDETSKA, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine

PhD of Historical Science, Associate Professor of the Department of International Relations and Public Communications

Tetіana FEDORCHAK, Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Ukraine

Doctor of Political Science, Professor of the Department of Social Sciences

Vira BURDYAK, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine

Doctor of Political Science, Professor of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration

Ivan OSADTSA, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor of the Department of International Relations and Public Communications

Liubov MELNYCHUK, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor of the Department of International Relations
and Public Communications

Nataliya STRELCHUK, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine

PhD of Historical Science, Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration

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Published
September 11, 2026