SECURITY CHALLENGES TO CENTRAL EUROPEAN BORDERING TERRITORIES: VIEW FROM THE TRANSCARPATIAN REGION OF UKRAINE

Abstract

The factor of integral Central European space determines the formation of common challenges to the region's security. One part of them is not visualized or not perceived in the capital cities. These threats may be most vividly traced in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine, taking into consideration the fact that it borders with the abovementioned countries. These are ethnopolitical threats, caused by the multiethnic population of the region, energy dependence, threats of social economic peripherization of Central European bordering territories, informational influence on the population, different attitudes to Ukraine-Russia conflict.