Foreign Policy Priorities of Post-Totalitarian States after 2022. An Outline of the Problem Cover Image

Priorytety polityki zagranicznej państw posttotalitarnych po 2022 roku. Zarys problematyki
Foreign Policy Priorities of Post-Totalitarian States after 2022. An Outline of the Problem

Author(s): Larysa Leshchenko, Helena Giebień
Subject(s): Government/Political systems
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: Central Asian states; South Caucasus states; Eastern European states; foreign policy; neorealism; international relations

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to outline the changes in foreign policy priorities of post-totalitarian states after 2022. After the collapse of the USSR, they were shaped to a noticeable extent by the colonial interdependence on the Russian Federation. The article attempts to verify the following hypotheses: The methodology of the presented considerations is based on the analysis of selected documents regarding the foreign and security policy of post-totalitarian states. This also includes scientific dissertations, reports, statistical data and press information. To analyze the specifics of the foreign policy of post-totalitarian states, the theory of neorealism was turned to, as the theoretical framework organizing the problem highlighted in the title. Verifying the hypotheses, it was found that post-totalitarian states, taking advantage of Russia’s weakness and its involvement in the war against Ukraine, more decisively implement their priorities in foreign policy, which significantly diverge from those that had been dictated by Russia for years.

  • Issue Year: 47/2025
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 99-119
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish
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