“…In the midst of a crisis of multilateralism, the geopolitical situation (for example in Ukraine) between a weakened European Union and an unpredictable Russian Federation remains extremely difficult (see e.g. Allison 2014, Sanders & Tuck 2020. The BRs have also been catapulted into a world characterized by increased Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA) (Schick et al 2017).…”