title: UKRAINE AND TAIWAN: STRUCTURAL SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN OPPOSING BIGGER NEIGHBOURS
abstract: The Russo-Ukrainian war destroyed the existing security system and led to concerns about a similar potential hot spot – Taiwan. The research paper is an analysis of how Ukraine and Taiwan oppose their bigger neighbours, who claim them as their own territory. The article explores the similarities and differences between these two asymmetric conflicts. Attention was also paid to the policy of «strategic ambiguity» employed by each side. The potential reactions of the parties involved in the Russo-
journal: Baltic Journal of Legal and Social Sciences