Ukraine as Biden’s Sacrificed Pawn: A Mismanagement under the Declining U.S. Hegemony
Ukraine as Biden’s Sacrificed Pawn: A Mismanagement under the Declining U.S. Hegemony

Author(s): Masahiro Matsumura
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies, Russian Aggression against Ukraine, Russian war against Ukraine
Published by: Mednarodni inštitut za bližnjevzhodne in balkanske študije IFIMES
Keywords: Ukraine; USA; Biden; military policy; security;
Summary/Abstract: With its swift and full-scale invasion from three fronts into Ukraine, Russia is turning the tables on the U.S.-led West by controlling the strategic buffer state. The change will likely be a worst outcome for the Ukrainians, though some geopolitical adjustment is inevitable in the not-so-distant future as a consequence of the evolving grand power shift consequent on conspicuous U.S. hegemonic decline. By achieving an overwhelming military victory, Russia will put Ukraine tightly in its orbit, probably, through a pro-Russian regime change involving external reorientation from the West to Russia. This will probably necessitate Ukraine to be semi-sovereign thorough demilitarization and neutralization, including complete elimination of the potential for nuclear armament[2].

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