Taras Voznyak (Editor-in-Chief)
Andrij Pavlyshyn
Kost' Bondarenko (Issue Editor)
Sofia Onufriv
Ihor Balyns'kyj (Issue Editor)
Walter Mossmann
Alla Tatarenko
Yurij Babik
Andrij Kyrchiv

We are pleased to inform you, that “Ji” magazine issue #18 is already available in hard copies and Internet version since the beginning of October. The whole materials are dealing with the main goal of the issue “Ukraine, Russia, Belarus: Three Projects”. The editorial aimed itself to show various points of view on the formatting and embodying of national state projects in the post-communist Eastern-Slavic countries, which appeared on the former USSR space, to compare the ways of search for the own national identities and main future trends, to evaluate those models as considered “projects”. Saving the traditional dichotomia and design specifics we divided this issue to the four blocks.

The first one contains the articles and materials of the general character, those first of all, that tell about European identity, post-Soviet countries and the EU relationship’s, the prospects of integration processes on the European continent : ”Landscape After The Battle. To The Typology Of Post-Communist Transition Period In Europe ” by French political scientist Jaques Rupnik, “Is The Fourth Reich Possible?” by Y.Zeltser (Paris), “Scientific Categories of Geopolitics And Experience Of State Geopolitical Situation Analysis” by O.Palamarchuk (Kyiv), “The Forming Factors For A Prospective Portrait Of Military-Political Situation In Europe” by Ye.Yolkin (Moscow), “Ukraine, Poland And The Debates About The Future Of The EU” by K.Bachmann (German journalist that lives and works in Warsaw), the speech of the President of Czechia V.Havel “European Defence And European Solidarity” and the interview of the European Commission Commissioner in Enlargement Affairs G. Verheugen “The People Has To Make A Decision On The Problem Of The EU Enlargement To The East”. The web-version is supplemented by the short story fragment of M.Mandelbaum (USA) “The Future Of Nationalism” and by the appeal of T.G.Ash (Great Britain), M.Mertes (Germany), J.Rupnik (France) and A.Smolar (Poland) to the European society “Who Would Support The European Enlargement?”.

The Chapter “Ukraine” contains the digest of analytical research of Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council, of Institute for Strategic Studies and National Institute of Ukrainian-Russian Relationships “Ukraine 2000 And Further: Geopolitical Priorities And Development Scenarios”, the program article of “Ji” editor-in-chief T.Voznyak “Project Ukraine: Decade Summary”, the generalizing observations of Ukrainian scientists V.Kuz’menko “Human Development Megatrends In The Expand Of New World Order Of Civilizations And Ukrainian And Russian Place In It ”, M.Ozhevan “Ukrainian National Idea And The Culture Policy Of Overtaking Modernization” , A.Yats’ko “National Security In The Context Of Modern Geopolitical Imperatives”, A.Hutsal “Ukraine Between The Past And The Future”, the short stories of Moscow journalist A.Okara “Ukrainian Fogs” And “Russian Sun” . Ukrainophobia As A Gnostic Problem” and social research specialist from Lviv Ya.Nevelyuk “Neutral Line”. The problems of regional peculiarities and sub-projects which are embodied first of all in Galychyna are discussed in the articles of Lviv authors - Yu.Kvik “ Galician Alternative” and I.Tanchyn “is Russian Separatism Possible In Ukraine?”, as well as history scientist from Leipzig A.V.Wendland “Russophilia: One More Ukrainian Project? Comments To The Unimplemented Desire”. Poetic interpreting of actuality in the poetries of V.Tsybul’ko “Glory” and “Olympic Games’ 80” is a good illustration to the described trends.

Russian scientists and analysists whose original pieces are enclosed to the web-sites “Another” and “The Russia’s Future” are represented in the chapter “Russia”: A. Kara-Murza “Russia In The “Ethnocracy-Empire-Nation” Triangle”, G.Pavlovskij “A Blind Spot. Information About “The Byelovyezha People”, V.Makhnach “Empires In The World History”, A. Kara-Murza “Between Euroasia And Asiope”, V.Krasil’shchikov “Imperial Modernization In Russia”, I.Olyejnik and D.Yudin “Roman Club Phenomenon And Russia In 21st Century”. An interesting analysis of social and political life in modern Russia is made in the translated publications of Moscow Public Scientific Fund: “Russian Political Culture At The Eve Of 21st Century” by A.Panarin, “The Fate Of Russian Communism” by S.Kortunov, “Liberalism In Post-Communist Russia: A Search For Identity” by B.Kapustin. An article of Kazan’ journalist S. Nasybullin “From Sunrise To Sunset. Tatarstan Sovereignty As An Axis Of Russian Federation” expresses an interesting glance on the Tatar component of the modern Russian stateship. T.Batenko, a political scientist from Lviv published his magazine version of Putin’s political biography “The Second President. Strokes To The Portrait”. The short stories genre is represented by the pieces of the prominent scientists S.Avyerintsev (Moscow-Vienna) “Family Horizon”, R.Pipes (Boston) “What Russia Has To Take For 21st Century And What To Leave In The Past?”, B.Paramonov (New York) “Pegases And Bed Bugs” . As a literature illustration the fragments from the novel of V.Yerofeyev “Russian Soul Encyclopaedia” are published.

The chapter “Belarus” contains the following articles: analytical research of Minsk University professor A.Rozanov “Belarus: Foreign Policy Vectors”, observations of A.Smalyanchuk (Grodno) “Belarus In 21st Century: Geopolitical Situation And Attempts To Form The Own Policy”, articles by W.Pawluczuk (Bialystok) “Belarus And The Polish Deal” and K.Bondarenko “The Land We Surrendered Without Fight”, biographical sketch of T.Batenko “Alyaksandr Lukashenka: An Attempt Of Political Portrait”. A lot of attention is paid to the cultural interpreting of the modern situation in Belarus, expressed in philosophic stories of Lviv journalist I.Balyns’kyj “Belarus: Dream-Country. Internal Recensions” and writers from Minsk -A.Yekadumav “The Homeless Nation From The European House”, I.Babkov “Ethics Of The Frontier: Transculture As A Belorussian Experience” and “Belarus - Ukraine: A Travel To The Limit”, A.Antsipenka “Marginals And Marginal Consciousness”, V.Akudovich “A Non-Existing City”. The short stories by O.Kapenkina (Minsk) “Belarus: Nomos Logics”, and O.Horelyk “Belorussian Temptation” serve as artistic illustration to the chapter content.

The Chief of Political Research Centre “Nova Khwylya”(“New Wave”) K.Bondarenko and professor of journalism faculty of Lviv National University I.Balyns’kyj were the curators of this issue. We invite you cordially to look through the “Ji” issue #18 and to follow the information on our web-site! The next issue is planned to be dedicated to globalization process and anti-globalistic trends.

All texts are available in Ukrainian (archive Ukr.)

CONTENTS

• Jaques Rupnik. Landscape After The Battle. To The Typology Of Post- Communist Transition Period In Europe.
  The Cold War is over. Communist regimes are defeated, yet communists are still strong in NIS countries. On the other hand European integration is proceeding, and a lot of problems could be caused by such circumstances.

• O.M.Palamarchuk. Scientific Categories Of Geopolitics And Experience Of State Geopolitical Situation Analysis.
  The new challenges of new world can change even the categorial part of such conservative science as geopolitics.

• Yeskelji Zeltser. Is Fourth Reich Possible?
  A lack of Western strategy for future development can form the conditions for the permanent “headache” of the solution vacuum.

• Valeriy Kuz’menko. Human Development Megatrends In The Expand Of New World Order Of Civilizations And Ukrainian And Russian Place In It.
  The new prospects and trends in world politics are described.

• Mykola Ozhevan. Ukrainian National Idea And Culture Policy Of The Overtaking Modernization.
  The problem of national self-identification and the new role of national idea are discussed.

• Andriy Yats’ko. National Security In The Context Of Modern Geopolitical Imperatives.
  A discussion of new threats and advantages for modern state is proposed.

• Andriy Okara. „Ukrainian Fogs“ And „Russian Sun“. Ukrainophobia As A Gnostic Problem.
  The author tries to summarize the reasons and prospects for Russian attitude to Ukrainians.

• Volodymyr Tsybul’ko. Glory. Olympic Games’ 80.
  Poetic illustration to the chapter.

• Yaroslav Nevelyuk. Neutral Line.
  A short satiric story about Russian informational policy toward Ukraine.

• Alyeksyej Kara-Murza. Russia In The „Ethnocracy-Empire-Nation“ Triangle.
  A scurpulous analysis of the possible trends of Russian strategy.

• Glyeb Pavlovskij. A Blind Spot. Information About The „Byelovyezha People“.
  The Russian future under the post-communist circumstances.

• Vladimir Makhnach. Empires In The World History.
  Empire: what does it mean, how it lives and why it dies. Does Russia repeat the common way?

• Alyeksyej Kara-Murza. Between Euroasia And Asiope.
  The place and role of Russia in conditions of modern world.

• Victor Krasil’shchikov. Imperial Modernization In Russia.
  The way of changes in Russia show less democracy than neo-imperialism.

• Richard Pipes. What Russia Has To Take For 21th Century And What To Leave In The Past?
  Advises of the foreigner, who knows Russia better than any citizen of the country.

• Syergyej Avyerintsev. Horizons Of The Family.
  Excellent philosophic look at some aspects of Russian traditions and mentality.

• Andryey Yekadumav. The Homeless Nation From The European House.
  Belarussian tragedy from inside.

• Igar Babkov. Ethics Of The Frontier: Transculture As Belorussian Experience.
  What is going on with Belorussian culture nowadays.

• Igar Babkov. Belarus’- Ukraine: A Travel To The Limit.
  No way for both in the variety of choices. Perhaps, except the resurrection of the Interseas regional civilization.

• Alyes’ Antsipenka. Marginals And Marginal Consciousness.
  What happens to the people under the power of dictatorship.

• Valyantsin Akudovich. A Non-Existing City.
  The story about modern Minsk.

• Olga Kapenkina. Belarus’: Nomos Logics.
  The modern Belorussian art - how it looks on the world background.

• Oksana Horelyk. Belorussian Temptation.
  The unknown neighbour from the close distance.

• Kost’ Bondarenko. The Land We Surrendered Without Fight.
  How and why it happend.

• Vaclav Havel. European Defence And European Solidarity.
  Central European security problems from the highest point of view.

• Guenter Verheugen. A people Has To Decide The Problem Of The EU Enlargement To The East.
  The future Europe could not stay without main democratic principles and tight co-operation.

• Klaus Bachmann. Ukraine, Poland And The Debates About Future Of The EU.
  Openly about painful problem of the future European border.

• Yevgenij Yolkin. The Forming Factors For A Prospective Portrait Of Military-Political Situation In Europe.
  Some fragments of European security system and its main threats.

• Ukraine 2000 And Further: Geopolitical Priorities and Development Scenarios.
  Possible development directions previewed by Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council.

• Taras Voznyak. „Project Ukraine“: Decade Summary. (Eng., Ger.)
  What we achieved and what we lost during ten years of Ukrainian independence.

• Anatoliy Hutsal. Ukraine Between The Past And The Future.
  The old inner proiblems reflect themselves in external policy.

• Yurko Kvik. Galician Alternative.
  Ukrainian regional policy: federalism or separatism?

• Igor Tanchyn. Is Russian Separatism Possible In Ukraine?
  The problem of Russian-speaking Ukrainian regions is reflected.

• Anna Veronica Wendland. Russophilia: One More Ukrainian Project? Comments To The Unimplemented Desire. (Ger.)
  Ukrainian historical reasons for the modern situation from the German point of view.

• Alyeksandr Panarin. Russian Political Culture At The Eve Of 21st Century.
  The problems and trends in modern Russian political life.

• Syergyej Kortunov. The Fate Of Russian Communism.
  What happened to the former most mighty power in Russia?

• Boris Kapustin. Liberalism In Post-Communist Russia: A Search For Identity.
  A revue of the economic base for fundamental political changes in Russia.

• Igor Olyejnik, David Yudin. Roman Club Phenomenon and Russia In 21st Century.
  A good example to be followed on the national level.

• Taras Batenko. The Second President. Strokes To The Portrait Of Vladimir Putin.
  Russian president from the point of view of Ukrainian analysist.

• Syergyej Nasybullin. From Sunrise To Sunset. Tatarstan Sovereignty As An Axis Of Russian Federation.
  An importance of the region in the life of the country.

• Boris Paramonov. Pegases And Bed Bugs.
  The analysis of Russian literature and philosophy.

• Victor Yerofeyev. Russian Soul Encyclopaedia (Novel Fragments).
  A satiric description of some Russian mentality features.

• Ihor Balyns’kyj. Belarus’: Dream-Country. Internal Recensions.
  Ukrainian reflections on Belorussian actualities.

• Anatoliy Rozanov. Belarus’: Foreign Policy Vectors.
  A search for satisfactory position in world politics.

• Alyaksandr Smalyanchuk. Belarus’ In 20eth Century: Geopolitical Situation And Attempts To Form The Own Policy.
  Belarus: the subject or the object in European policy?

• Wlodzimierz Pawluczuk. Belarus’ And The Polish Deal.
  The comparison of Ukrainian, Belorussian and Polish ways of post-communist development.

• Taras Batenko. Alyaksandr Lukashenka: An Attempt Of Political Portrait.
  Sketches to the portrait of Belorussian president.