CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Bialas, Mateusz |
|---|---|
| Title | Is Ukrainian Concept of 'multidimensional' Foreign Policy Justified? Domestic Factors which Influence Ukraine's Foreign Policy |
| Summary | This thesis examines the influence of the domestic factors and their impact on continuity of Ukraine’s “multidi mensionalȁ d; foreign policy. The analysis reveals that Ukraine has well developed legal background and official strategies which define the European path as the crucial vector of the state external relations. However, formulated strategies are not implemented by the decision-makers, which is not always understood for external observers, predominantly in Europe. The thesis focuses on the internal constraints which may limit public officials in implementation of foreign policy goals. It answers two questions. The first is whether Ukraine is able to develop coherent foreign policy, which will be possible to implement taking into consideration domestic constraints which influence the state external relations. The second question is whether Ukraine might be governed without oligarchs, when linkages between business and the state will be broken. The overlapping theoretical model for this research is concept of state capture. Thesis analyses the economic and socio-political divisions within Ukraine, the high centralisation of power in President’s hands, and business-political linkages which cause constant balancing in domestic politics between limited groups of actors. I argue that the constant domestic struggle for power between business elites do not allow to create suitable environment for the formulation and implementation of coherent foreign policy. Furthermore, maintained in Ukraine internal divisions might be easily used by external actors, which in this research are recognised as secondary players. |
| Supervisor | Peter Balazs |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/bialas_mateusz.pdf |
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