title: UKRAINE BETWEEN PEACE AND WAR WITH RUSSIA
abstract: &#x0D; After the Crimean Peninsula was invaded and the amplification of conflicts in South-Eastern Ukraine, it has become obvious that Russia's policy is concentrated on preserving its influence and strategic control over the decisions and political directions taken by the States from the former Soviet bloc. To understand the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war on the West, as well as to anticipate and counteract a possible future evolution of similar events not only in geopolitical risk s
journal: BULLETIN OF CAROL I NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY