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The Russian Offensive, Unravelling of Ukraine, and Geopolitics
The terrible impact of the Russia–Ukraine proxy war on the people of Ukraine and its decimation are of little concern to global elites. The war is increasing militarisation, cutting into human security, damaging the environment, and increasing food insecurity. The drive for dominance and hegemony holds our planet hostage, while the real issues of people and planet remain on the brink of multiple catastrophes.
The Russia–Ukraine proxy war is dragging on and the geopolitical issues around it are clear. The United States’ (US) strategy is to maintain international dominance and a unipolar international system. The European Union (EU) supports this strategy. Russia has demonstrated that it has the military–industrial capability to take on the force of the 31-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in a proxy war and has the economic capacity to withstand severe sanctions. China is projecting capability to stand up to the US, use diplomacy to leverage its economic interests globally and maintain deep strategic partnership with Russia. India and the global South have shown the capacity to assert independent foreign policies, resist Western pressure and a preference to maintain strategic neutrality. Several regional tensions remain, as multiple countries seek regional hegemony. But the characteristics of a multipolar international system are irreversibly embedded. So, what is going on operationally, strategically and politically in the Russia versus Ukraine proxy war?
The Operational Positions
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