Ukrainian Security Diplomacy in the New Geopolitical Reality: Security Guarantees for Ukraine, Risks and Challenges
Abstract
Purpose. To examine key trends in Ukraine’s security diplomacy in the post-war world, including multilateral guarantees, economic reconstruction, countering hybrid threats, defense cooperation, and scientific diplomacy, providing recommendations to strengthen Ukraine’s role in the new geopolitical reality.
Method. A historical-comparative method.
Findings. Five trends identified: Ukraine’s geopolitical role, countering hybrid threats, security guarantees, economic reconstruction, and scientific diplomacy.
Theoretical implications. Development of Ukraine’s resilience diplomacy concept, integrating historical lessons (Congress of Vienna) with modern challenges (2025 negotiations, hybrid threats), enriching theories of international relations and security strategies.
Paper type. Theoretical.
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