Transformation of the Strategic Culture of Ukraine under the Influence of the Russian Threat
The article focuses on strategic culture as an analytical tool that provides a deeper understanding of a state’s behavior and its strategic choice to use force, whether for aggression or self-defense, using Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine as a case study. While strategic culture is generall...
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| author | Olga Reznikova Oleksandr Hryhorenko Viacheslav Myronenko |
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The article focuses on strategic culture as an analytical tool that provides a deeper understanding of a state’s behavior and its strategic choice to use force, whether for aggression or self-defense, using Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine as a case study. While strategic culture is generally resistant to change, we identified shifts in Ukraine’s strategic culture in response to external shocks in 2014 and 2022. This was based on an analysis of military-political behavior patterns, components, and manifestations of strategic culture, as reflected in state strategies on national security and defense, as well as in other relevant documents and texts. We argue that Russia’s aggressive military-political behavior, shaped by Soviet-imperial revanchist sentiments, has become an existential threat to Ukraine. This study contributes to a better understanding of why some conflict resolution measures and strategies have proven ineffective in addressing the ongoing Russian war.
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| spelling | doaj-art-a2aa0da288f44e42b92f8504404ee6f92025-01-03T06:39:49ZlitVilnius University PressPolitologija1392-16812424-60342024-12-01116410.15388/Polit.2024.116.2Transformation of the Strategic Culture of Ukraine under the Influence of the Russian ThreatOlga Reznikova0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4126-4304Oleksandr Hryhorenko1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0633-7563Viacheslav Myronenko2The National Institute for Strategic StudiesNational Defence University of Ukraine named after Ivan CherniakhovskyiNational Defence University of Ukraine named after Ivan Cherniakhovskyi The article focuses on strategic culture as an analytical tool that provides a deeper understanding of a state’s behavior and its strategic choice to use force, whether for aggression or self-defense, using Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine as a case study. While strategic culture is generally resistant to change, we identified shifts in Ukraine’s strategic culture in response to external shocks in 2014 and 2022. This was based on an analysis of military-political behavior patterns, components, and manifestations of strategic culture, as reflected in state strategies on national security and defense, as well as in other relevant documents and texts. We argue that Russia’s aggressive military-political behavior, shaped by Soviet-imperial revanchist sentiments, has become an existential threat to Ukraine. This study contributes to a better understanding of why some conflict resolution measures and strategies have proven ineffective in addressing the ongoing Russian war. https://ojs.test/index.php/politologija/article/view/35114strategic culturemilitary-political behaviorUkraineRussiawar |
| spellingShingle | Olga Reznikova Oleksandr Hryhorenko Viacheslav Myronenko Transformation of the Strategic Culture of Ukraine under the Influence of the Russian Threat Politologija strategic culture military-political behavior Ukraine Russia war |
| title | Transformation of the Strategic Culture of Ukraine under the Influence of the Russian Threat |
| title_full | Transformation of the Strategic Culture of Ukraine under the Influence of the Russian Threat |
| title_fullStr | Transformation of the Strategic Culture of Ukraine under the Influence of the Russian Threat |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transformation of the Strategic Culture of Ukraine under the Influence of the Russian Threat |
| title_short | Transformation of the Strategic Culture of Ukraine under the Influence of the Russian Threat |
| title_sort | transformation of the strategic culture of ukraine under the influence of the russian threat |
| topic | strategic culture military-political behavior Ukraine Russia war |
| url | https://ojs.test/index.php/politologija/article/view/35114 |
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