Ukraine is higher on the global agenda than ever before, so it is worth starting with a look at some international trends, including: high economic uncertainty, a shift in global economic leadership, increasing environmental challenges, tension in the global supply chain, growing social inequality and polarisation across the world, high mobility of Generation Y and the acceleration of technological innovations (uneven for industries and countries, following the principle of “the winner takes it all”). These global trends have a strong impact on Ukraine, which is a small open economy, highly dependent on external influence and unable to withstand global shocks.

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