Experts say Ukraine in 5-10 years will focus mostly on the cooperation with the EU, not with Russia
Ukraine in 5-10 years will focus mostly on the cooperation with the EU, not with Russia. This was the emphasis of the policy paper “Ukraine’s Futures” presented in Kyiv. It was prepared by The Institute of World Policy and The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (Netherlands) with the support of the European Program of the International Renaissance Foundation.
The policy paper is based on the grand total of 68 studies, dealing with the future of Ukraine in English, Ukrainian and Russian languages, which were analyzed according to the modern methodology, proposed by the Dutch analysts.
According to the studies, the European integration will me the main course for the future development of Ukraine. “European integration, supported by strong economic cooperation ties with the EU will become a key framing force of internal developments”, state the authors of the policy paper.
Also the most of the experts suppose that Ukraine will stay a neutral state, abstaining joining military Alliances, like NATO or CSTO. However, many scenarios regarding non-aligment, perceive this policy trend as something temporary and dependent on political context.
Ukrainian authors also envisage that the EU and Russia will be the key actors, contributing to future scenarios of Ukraine.
Regarding the economic development, the experts foresee booming technological development of Ukraine in the future. The most attractive branches for investments will be industry and communications.
So in the nearest decade Ukraine will be an agricultural state, with a growing economy, and modernized industry and communications.
Contact information: The Institute of World Policy, (+38 044) 253 55 57, info@iwp.org.ua
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The goal of the European Program is to promote Ukraine’s European integration by providing financial and expert support to relevant civil society initiatives.
