Fragmentation of the region and its division into smaller entities. Studying Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova as the core of the "New Eastern Europe". Feature of geographical, cultural, ethnic and historical factors that distinguish it from its neighbors.
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Odesa l.l. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine DEFINITION OF “THE NEW EASTERN EUROPE”: THE LANDS IN-BETWEEN A. Bakanova The world at large is understandably confused about the meaning of the term “Eastern Europe”. So is the community of experts, whom the general public holds mainly responsible for the persistent confusion. Political scientists and specialists in security studies and international relations are trying hard to come up with new definitions of the area. Their solution is to fragment the region, dividing it into ever-smaller entities. One result of this development is the eastward extension of Central Europe, which now includes a number of former East European countries whose historians insisted for decades on their East-Central European status. Another outcome is the reinvention of the term “Eastern Europe”. As it went out of fashion among former East Europeans, they passed it on as a kind of intellectual hand-me-down to the East, which has now been reinvented by specialists in international s