In modern conditions Ukraine like other newly independent states, faced with a very acute contradiction: on the one hand - interests of the establishment and strengthening statehood demand of cultural intensification revival with national identity development, on the other - modernization process of socio-economic system requires broadest absence country openness, so that society becomes the object of intense is not always desirable in political, economic, social and cultural influences. Ukraine's search of its place in regional and global systems takes place in the conditions of growing tension in the external security environment, with emergence of new and aggravation of traditional global challenges, regional and geopolitical rivalry, weakening of pan-European and global security mechanisms. In the current situation Ukraine remains exposed to both "Western" and "Eastern" influences and the result of the "reset" in their relations can be decisive for the future of both Ukraine and the whole European region.