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Ukrainian geopolitical thought - with Danylo Lubkivsky

December 1, 2025
Ukraine has its own tradition of geopolitical thinking that reaches deep into the past and continues to shape the country’s strategic imagination today.

What are its key traits? Why was it developed more by writers than by statesmen? And how does it relate to Ukraine’s current reflection on its identity?

  • Guest: Danylo Lubkivsky, a Ukrainian diplomat and thinker, deputy foreign minister in 2014, and currently director of the Kyiv Security Forum.
  • Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher, editor-in-chief of UkraineWorld, and president of PEN Ukraine.

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