FOREIGN POLICY OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AS A FACTOR IN SHAPING A NEW GEOPOLITICAL REALITY
Journal: ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Year: 2025

The article examines the foreign policy of European countries as a key factor in shaping a new geopolitical reality amid the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. It reveals the transformation of European states’ approaches to security, defense, integration, and international cooperation after 2014, when the annexation of Crimea began, and especially following the full-scale invasion in 2022. It is noted that the initial caution and selectivity of actions were gradually replaced by a co