Ukraine, Multipolarity and the Crisis of Grand Strategies

Cafruny, Alan; Fouskas, Vassilis K.; Mallinson, William; Voynitsky, Andrey

doi:10.1080/19448953.2022.2084881

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“…The war in Ukraine has presented the EU with Russia's realist rampage. Thinking back, the annexation of Crimea in 2014 confirmed that Russia is "a colossal and enigmatic neighbor that wanted to assert its power status and with which the West had failed to create a lasting and comprehensive dialogue and a long-term strategy to face the post-bipolar world order" (Cucciolla, 2016, p. 14; see also Cafruny et al, 2023). The expansion of Russia's geostrategic goals through Ukraine (Johannesson & Clowes, 2022), and thus its drive for confrontation over cooperation, is assessed as a direct threat to the EU's interests.…”

Section: The Eu's Geopolitical Rolementioning

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The War in Ukraine and the EU’s Geopolitical Role in Spanish Media Discourses

Quintanal,

Boulos,

Radeljić

2023

MaC

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The EU’s ability to protect common interests and effectively address the challenges faced by its members relating to external threats is one of the most debated questions in the European landscape. Understandably, the war in Ukraine has had a major impact on discourses regarding the EU Common Security and Defense Policy, granting them more space and thus visibility in the media and public debates. Our study examines Spanish media discourses about the EU’s geopolitical role and, more specifically, to what extent such discourses foster or hamper European integration processes. To collect data and carry out this study, we selected six media outlets based on their ownership, ideological stance, consumption frequency, and impact on public opinion. Our sample includes 540 news items, collected between July 2021 and March 2022. Our discourse analysis benefits from, inter alia, a Foucauldian framework that focuses on the sayable, conservation, memory, reactivation, and appropriation. In addition, we also identify communicative strategies that are employed to promote different discourses, as well as possible policy alternatives, concerning the EU’s geopolitical role and future prospects.

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confidence: 99%

The War in Ukraine and the EU’s Geopolitical Role in Spanish Media Discourses

Quintanal,

Boulos,

Radeljić

2023

MaC

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“…There are competing narratives regarding the causes of the war in Ukraine. One focuses on the provocation by the United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (Cafruny et al 2023), while others emphasize Russian aggression (Snyder 2022). The approach implemented below is to focus on the long-term contradictions of capitalism, including the formation of Communist states themselves in Russia in 1917 andChina in 1949. In my view, the shadow cast by the Cold War still influences current events: NATO is a Cold War defense alliance, and Russia's claims to Ukraine are partly based on its inclusion in the territories of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).…”

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Ukraine War: Policy Miscalculations or Contradictions of Capitalism?

Davis

2023

Review of Radical Political Economics

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There are competing narratives regarding the causes of the war in Ukraine. One focuses on the provocation by the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, while others emphasize Russian aggression. The approach implemented below is to focus on the long-term contradictions of capitalism, including the formation of Communist states themselves in Russia in 1917 and China in 1949. The subsequent relation between capitalist industrial powers and the leading Communist powers has been an important factor in the post-World War II expansion of capitalism and its conflicts. The role of key ideological frameworks, such as the definition of money, is also a factor emphasized in this analysis. Such a wider lens may enable us to judge more accurately the potential for another “Great Transformation” or a Zeitenwende. JEL Classification: B51, E58, F33, N20

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“…Researchers have pointed out that America is using the war in Ukraine to encircle China [11] and contain it. Further, this attempt to reduce Russian and (Especially) Chinese influence over Western European markets while preventing the formation of a security axis and deepening economic relations between Berlin, Moscow and Beijing [12] . The layers of dilemmas and contradictions became visible in recent events in the Western world.…”

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Ukraine war opened the pathway of the new cold war between the United States of America and Russia

Kumar,

Meena

2023

Int. J. Political Sci. Governance

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The wave of the Russo-Ukraine war resulted in a meandering world order, which brought the balance of power to a new turning point. The new power tussle that arose between the U.S.A. and USSR shows their lingering ambition to create a unipolar world, which itself embedded in their histories. When World War II ended, the world was divided on the basis of ideology, i.e., the capitalist and the communist half. The USA and the latter led the former by the USSR. This results in unprecedented antagonism between the two, which is driven by dangerous proxy war, propaganda and surveillance, arms race, and state control terrorism known as the Cold War. The Russian-Ukrainian war, which befalls after eight years, again engineered a new method of hybrid war, which will be fiercer in the form of the New Cold War. The New Cold War brought turmoil and created an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty among the weak and insecure countries of the world. In this research paper, we will discuss the causes of the Russo-Ukraine war and its future effects in broad terms. It will also highlight the newer method of warfare that emerged in the course of the New Cold War. I also tried to explore how it will change the outlook of international relations. The New Cold War in Europe meant a new "War of Economics" in Asia and Africa. Nigeria is also gradually turning into a new site of the New Cold War. The new cold war that was engendered from the recent Russia-Ukraine war definitely, if not stopped, will spread its wings in the Transatlantic and Indo-Pacific region. This engulfed China, Japan, India, Israel, North Korea and all rising centres in the multipolar world. It is clearly giving an indication that somewhere; a new cold war is being born. Is the United States of America seeing Russia as a weak power due to the expansion of the NATO organisation in the Eastern part of Europe? Is America provoking Russia to opt for the war in order to weaken Russia? What course had Russia taken in the midst of the confrontation? All these themes will be the main focus of my research paper.

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Ukraine, Multipolarity and the Crisis of Grand Strategies

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The War in Ukraine and the EU’s Geopolitical Role in Spanish Media Discourses

The War in Ukraine and the EU’s Geopolitical Role in Spanish Media Discourses

Ukraine War: Policy Miscalculations or Contradictions of Capitalism?

Ukraine war opened the pathway of the new cold war between the United States of America and Russia

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