THE IMPACT OF THE RUSSIAN WAR ON ITS ABILITY TO PROJECT POWER GEOPOLITICALLY
THE IMPACT OF THE RUSSIAN WAR ON ITS ABILITY TO PROJECT POWER GEOPOLITICALLY

Summary/Abstract: In recent years, Russia has gradually lost influence in peripheral states that traditionally used to gravitate around Moscow. China’s significant investments in infrastructure development and trade with Central Asian states have isolated Russia, causing it to lose its importance and guiding role in the region. At the same time, Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine has led to a complete breakdown in Russian-European relations and increased cohesion among Western nations. Although Russia has lost its role as the world’s second-largest power to China, Sino-Russian relations remain a vital issue in regional and international dynamics due to the conjunctural alliance designed to shake the leading role of the US in the global security architecture. The struggle between the West and Russia creates imbalances throughout the international system, and the current World Order seems more disrupted than ever in the last 30 years.

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