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Hanaa Mutar Mahdi AL- SULTANI

GEOGRAPHY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO DECISION- ‎MAKING IN FOREIGN POLICY(RUSSIA AND UKRAINE ‎MODEL)‎ ‎((RESEARCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF GEOGRAPHY WITH OTHER SCIENCES))‎

Geography is the science that studies all natural and human ‎phenomena in one place Geography studies the natural factors ‎that affected the land inhabited by man, Describes human ‎populations in terms of their relationship to the environment ‎Political geography is the study of political units and their ‎problems from the point of view of geography, The survey ‎studies the relief and climate areas that affect the conditions of ‎states and the phenomena in them. As for the political ‎decision, it is very measure that the state takes to prevent any ‎interference in the affairs of its society, and the political decision ‎is formulated in a thoughtful way to solve a specific problem or ‎crisis that passes in the country The process of making and ‎implementing decisions goes through multiple stages، starting ‎with the preparatory stage, identifying the variables related to ‎the problem to be studied, then choosing the goal and drawing ‎the strategy (identifying alternatives)،then comes the decision-‎making stage،i.e. translating the decision into practical reality ‎through actions، activities and work programs, Responsibility for ‎the decision-making process is borne by a group of official and ‎non-official bodies، the official bodies the constitution, then the ‎legislative and executive authorities As for the unofficial bodies، ‎they include political parties, pressure groups، and public ‎opinion،for political decisions to be correct, they must serve the ‎public interest, be built on scientific foundation، and take in to ‎account the objective circumstances..objective circumstances.‎ Ukraine experienced a state of internal crises after the ‎dissolution of the Soviet Union، as crises became represented ‎by the dissolution of parliament and re-elections،which are ‎frequent and accelerating events ،As the international Monetary ‎Fund provided aid to reform the economic conditions of Ukraine ‎after the transitional period it passed through،Ukraine became ‎the coveted country and an open field for occupation by ‎powerful countries. This is due to the weakness of Ukrainian ‎politics.‎ Ukraine distinguished location, which made it control the center ‎of land and sea transportation between Asia and Europe،Russia ‎decided that it was difficult to leave Ukraine to the west so ‎Russia intervened militarily under the transfer from the Russian ‎parliament on 28\2\2014 to protect Russian minorities and ‎maintain influence in the city of Sevastopol, which is the last ‎base in Crimea, The motive of the attack was to protect the ‎region from the interference of other countries، to realize the ‎dream of Russian to get on ports in the warm waters of the ‎Indian Ocean, and to save world trade routes where Russia's ‎ships have been frozen for months in the Arctic annually.‎ Russia made the decision to attack Ukraine، and the first thing it ‎started was the bombing of the Donbas region، which is located ‎in eastern Ukraine، which is characterized by its mineral wealth ‎and the presence of coal mines، and thus Russia worked to ‎create a state of paralysis in the airports located in eastern and ‎northern Ukraine.‎

Keywords: Geography, Foreign Policy, Russia and Ukraine.

http://dx.doi.org/10.47832/2717-8293.20.26


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