Asia-Pacific’s responses to the Ukrainian crisis: third-party alignment with sanctions on Russia
Journal: Revista CIDOB d Afers Internacionals
Year: 2020

Since 2014 and Russia's annexation of Crimea and the start of hostilities in Donbas, the West has shown unprecedented solidarity in imposing sanctions on Russia. Yet Asia-Pacific's response to the Ukraine crisis has been different. While Japan and New Zealand imposed symbolic sanctions, South Korea refrained from introducing any measures at all. The main objective of this paper is to explore the response of the Asia-Pacific region to the Ukraine crisis and the underlying motivations behind these