The End of the “End of History” of the Post-Soviet Period or the Ukrainian-European Answer to Russia’s Desire to Restore the Imperial Status and the Quasi-Bipolar World

Abstract

The statement about the “end of history” of the American researcher F. Fukuyama based on the fragmentation of the bipolar system of the world order in the confrontation of classical capitalist and socialist economies and democratic and authoritarian political systems.

Until recently, despite the growing economic power of the Asian Tigers, political and military potential of China and consolidation of Russia, the question of the bipolar confrontation being back on track was seen as rather hypothetical. However, the recent actions of the Russia’s President Putin aimed at the destruction of the Ukrainian statehood and restoration of the authoritarian Russian Empire changed it into practical issues and created new challenges for the EU, Ukraine and the entire world.