Introduction: The Russia–Ukraine War as a Formative Event in Global Security Policy?
Journal: Politische Vierteljahresschrift
Year: 2025

Abstract The Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 was perceived as a shock by Western European publics and observers alike. Thus, when German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced an epochal change, a Zeitenwende in German foreign policy, the term became a keyword in the political as well as the academic discussion about the changes that the Russia–Ukraine war brought about. The introduction to this special issue starts by empirically sketching the reactions of international act