Ukraine needs to retain the freedom to choose allies and commitments and clearly fix the Euro-Atlantic course.

About this in the article for ZN. UA was written by experts of the Institute of Social and Economic Studies Nikolay Kapitonenko, Yulia Kurnyshova and Elena Snigir.

"After the occupation of the Crimea and the escalation of direct threats to Ukrainian statehood, we have a situation where the foreign policy trade than Ukraine with a mixed success has been engaged for almost twenty-five years, must finally give way to strategic planning and a holistic vision of the future world and Ukraine's place in it," - reads the message.

According to experts, discussions on Ukraine's foreign policy so far "are dominated by empty slogans, the desire to find simple and quick solutions, there is excessive naivety, which is surprising for the cynical Ukrainian politum".

In particular, they say, Ukraine's foreign policy needs a holistic realistic vision and strategic approach.

"This is not a sphere of speculation and self-promotion, but a battlefield where the future of Ukrainian statehood is determined. Strategic thinking is predetermined by several concrete things. First, the ability to determine priorities, rather than pursue many different goals on the principle of "for all good and against all bad things," the article stresses.

The second point, according to experts, is the ability to "adequately assess the environment in which we are, defining its fundamental characteristics, key development trends, opportunities and risks that are generated for the state today".

"Third, the ability, albeit fundamentally limited, to anticipate the contours of the future. As the legendary Sun Tzu wrote on a similar occasion, "... one who knows the enemy and knows himself will be out of danger even in a hundred battles. The one who does not know the enemy, but knows himself, once he wins and once he loses. Anyone who does not know either the enemy or himself will be defeated in every battle, "the authors noted..

Experts specified that the foreign policy of Ukraine should focus on neutralizing the key threats for it - its own institutional weakness and hostility to Russia.

"It is through this prism that it is advisable to consider Ukraine's bilateral and multilateral relations, as well as its strategic orientations - membership in NATO and the EU.

The loss of part of the territory will undoubtedly reduce the flexibility of our foreign policy, will become the center of crystallization of its various manifestations and initiatives. In conditions of the growing crisis in the international security system, it is absolutely necessary for us, as far as possible, to preserve the freedom of choice of allies and commitments, "they said..

As reported by the "Observer", earlier in the West they pointed to the extreme danger of seizing the Crimea.

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