EDUCATION AS PART OF THE HUMANITARIAN POLICY IN UKRAINIAN-POLISH RELATIONS
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/2415-881x.2025.97.199-216
Abstract
The article investigates the evolution and contemporary challenges of the educational dimension of humanitarian policy within the framework of Ukrainian-Polish relations. The analysis is conducted through the lens of institutionalism, conceptualized both as a paradigm for the construction of bilateral relations and as a foundational framework for the establishment of joint commissions.
The study delineates the institutional mechanisms elaborated by Ukraine and Poland in the sphere of humanitarian cooperation. Particular emphasis is placed on a substantive examination of key bilateral agreements in the field of humanitarian policy, which function as strategic «roadmaps» guiding the practical development of Ukrainian-Polish cooperation.
Furthermore, the article problematises a number of salient issues that carry the potential to generate tensions in the wider bilateral humanitarian agenda, as well as structural impediments to the effective implementation of humanitarian policy that necessitate further attention.
Finally, the study addresses the challenges confronting both Ukraine and Poland in the context of security, cultural, and migratory pressures provoked by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as well as the persistent frictions associated with identity formation and contestation between the two states.
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