Shpak D. Regional Priorities of the European Integration Policy of Ukraine.

Regional Priorities of the European Integration Policy of Ukraine. The thesis is aimed at the research of the perspectives of Ukrainian policy concerning the Baltic and Black Seas regions as well as Central and Eastern European region in the process of implementation of the strategic foreign policy task as to the integration to the European structures. The central problem that faces Ukraine in regional policy formation is the search for the regional space which permits Ukraine to be a key player in the context of regional system creation. The author pays attention to the development of the regional policy of Ukraine in the context of its European integration aspirations by means of studying cooperation of Ukraine with the states of the Central and Eastern European region and Baltic and Black Seas regions at the bilateral and multilateral levels as one of the forms in the process of regional priorities implementation. The thesis is based on the theoretical provisions of the international system theory and geopolitical methodology that provide necessary backgrounds for researching regional problematic in the international relations study.