Abstract. The relatively calm “geopolitical” period in the world that could be observed after the collapse of the USSR has resumed with new force in the form of a desire for a new division of the world, which can now be quite clearly outlined. The former “bipolar” confrontation between the West and the USSR has now changed, it seems, to a division of the world between three poles. Such poles are China, which is gradually creeping into all continents with its influences, the USA – with the slogans “Let’s Make America Great Again” promoted by President D. Trump, and, finally, Russia, always offended by Western civilization – with Putin’s imperial ambitions to restore its former greatness and the territories lost during the Gorbachev era. One of the hot spots where the Great Powers are clashing with each other to change European borders that until recently seemed stable is the war waged by an aggressive Russia against Ukraine. An analysis of the roots of this war takes us deep into history and shows that the war between them is of an inter-civilizational nature.

Categories: Асьвета, Гісторыя, Зьнешнія адносіны, Нацыя, Нацыя Беларусы, Праект "РАЗАМ"