The Russia-Ukraine war and the return of great power confrontation
Journal: International Journal of Political Science and Governance
Year: 2024

On 24th February 2022, launched with an initial objective of just ten days, the ‘special military operation’ undertaken by the superpower Russia against Ukraine has now spanned nearly three years and remains unresolved. Instead, the scale of the conflict has escalated through a relentless cycle of attacks and counter-attacks. While this Russian aggression precipitated by Ukraine's bid to join the Western military alliance, NATO has so far been withstood largely with the assistance of Western nat