Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale

Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Journal issue | 56 | 2020
Research Article | Pakistan-Ukraine. Analogies in the Triangles of Regional Security Complexes

Pakistan-Ukraine. Analogies in the Triangles of Regional Security Complexes

Abstract

The paper deals with two countries – Pakistan and Ukraine – that are located at the center of the following two interest triangles: India-Pakistan-Afghanistan (South Asia) and Russia-Ukraine-Moldova (post-Soviet regional security complex). Despite their considerable differences, they have similar problems with their geopolitical neighbours in the context of territorial conflicts. Existing issues with neighbouring countries give Pakistan and Ukraine the status of a ‘middle state’, which is characterized by threatening its territorial integrity and becoming an object of ‘penetrating’ into its RSC (regional security complex) for the states from neighbouring regions.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Feb. 6, 2020 | Accepted: June 15, 2020 | Published June 30, 2020 | Language: en

Keywords South Asian regional security complexTerritorial conflictsAfghanistanPost-Soviet regional security complexIndiaRussian FederationAnalogiesUkrainePakistanMoldova


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