The War in Ukraine and the Changing World Order

Stipe Buzar, Jean-François Caron

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040641835
• Subtopic: International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

In this book, scholars from political science, economics, philosophy, history, and geopolitics offer critical insights into the conflict in Ukraine and the way it is changing the world order. These international experts explore the nature of the Russian regime; its stance toward the West; insights into the strategic, moral, and legal aspects of the conflict; and an appraisal of Western responses in terms of military aid to Ukraine, power competition, and value-driven alliances. The war in Ukraine is often seen as the final nail in the coffin of the post–Cold War order of Liberal convergence, and the opening of a new multipolar reality. This project offers a multifaceted view of the conflict and its consequences and will be of great interest to IR scholars, specialists of Russian politics and geopolitics.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Introduction: The Fight for Ukraine and the Shaping of Things to Come
• 1 The rise of militant Kleptocracy
• 2 Africa-Russia relations in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine
• 3 “Empire of lies”: Russian contestation of western values and international order
• 4 Navigating the new multipolar world: Strengths and vulnerabilities of the western world
• 5 Strategy here, strategy there: Who’s afraid of the Russian bear?
• 6 Russia’s war on Ukraine and Chinese and Taiwanese relations in the 21st century: Is conflict with Taiwan inevitable and what can be learned from Moscow’s missteps in Eastern Europe?
• 7 Military aid to Ukraine: Crowdsourcing at its finest
• 8 The big game in Southeast Europe: Groupism and anarchy in Russo-Western Relations
• 9 Russian uses and abuses of Serbia-Kosovo dispute
• Index