Global Power Shifting Tendencies Influenced by the Conflict’s Outcome: Regional and Global Implications
Journal: Contributions to security and defence studies
Year: 2024

Abstract The initiation of military operations by Russia against Ukraine in February 2022 sparked a full-scale war in Europe, impacting the global economy and geopolitical dynamics. This chapter delves into the underlying factors that ignited the conflict, with a particular focus on Russia’s historical inclination towards expansion through warfare, its reliance on resource exports, and military capabilities, and its response to technological changes. The modern world’s decreasing reliance on res