Kultura strategiczna in statu nascendi. Casus Ukrainy
Strategic culture in statu nascendi. The case of Ukraine

Summary/Abstract: Analysis of Ukraine’s foreign and security policy (both doctrinal and practical) leads to a conclusion about the lack of coherence of its objectives and the inconsistencies in their implementation. The lack of a formed strategic culture is one of the reasons. The aim of the article is an analysis of Ukraine’s strategic culture, its conditions, characteristics and evolution. The key conditions of Ukraine’s strategic cultural are history, geopolitics and Russian aggression in 2014. Among the features of its strategic culture are: postcolonial state syndrome, Russia’s syndrome and disposition, split identity and inconsistency in action. Distrust is also an important feature of Ukraine’s strategic culture. Until 2014, continuity can be observed among other things, not only in the characteristics and behaviors typical of the post-colonial state but also in Russia’s syndrome and disposition. For more than 20 years, Ukrainian politics has also been consistently erratic, which has manifested itself in the goals set as their implementation. After 6 years of Russian aggression, there are signs of changes in strategic culture and foreign and security policy. However, it takes time to observe the trend and consolidation of certain features.

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