Intermarium as the Polish-Ukrainian Linchpin of Baltic-Black Sea Cooperation
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Ostap Kushnir is Assistant Professor at Lazarski University, Poland. His academic interests include geopolitical and boundary-forming processes in Central and Eastern Europe, specifically in the Black Sea region. He is the author of the book Ukraine and Russian Neo-Imperialism: The Divergent Break (2018), as well as more than twenty academic articles on the topics of Ukrainian journalism and Eastern European geopolitics. He is a member of the editorial board of the Central European Journal of International and Security Studies, and a member of the American Political Science Association, the Canadian Association of Slavists, and the Polish Political Science Association. He holds BA and MA degrees in Journalism from Odesa National Mechnikov University, Ukraine, and an MA in International Relations from the University of Wales. He obtained his PhD from Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland.'This collected volume is to be praised for the multitude of diverging national and disciplinary perspectives on the ideas of, plans towards, and pre-conditions for the Intermarium cooperation or coalition, in the past and today. Whoever likes to get a comprehensive overview of all the various historical, political, cultural and economic issues involved in building some alliance between the Baltic and Black Seas should start with this book.'Andreas Umland, Senior Fellow, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Kyiv, Ukraine'It seems like in the multi-polar world, history is back, geopolitics is back, and therefore "Eastern Europe" is back. A region known under different names, with its permanently re-written, overlapped histories; contested borders; and elusive identities. Peoples and countries "in-between" are searching for what they have in common except for their border status. This book provides a reader with many insights about how old categories related to European eastern frontiers are acquiring new meanings and interpretations. An exciting enterprise for any intellectual audience.'Volodymyr Kravchenko, Professor of History, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada'With Russia's return as a revanchist, neo-imperial power and Ukraine's desire to integrate into European structures, the concept of Intermarium has been resurrected in Central and Eastern Europe. However, the concept itself remains ambiguous and confusing. Luckily, the publication of Intermarium: Polish-Ukrainian Linchpin helps the reader navigate through the various meanings and understandings of Intermarium. The book debates the historical and contemporary applications of this geopolitical concept and, above all, helps answer the question driving the debate in today's discourse: Can Intermarium be revived as a geopolitical alliance for Central and Eastern Europe?'Adam Reichardt, Editor-in-Chief, New Eastern Europe, Kraków, Poland