Why Ukraine is the War we Can’t Ignore – Australian Financial Review

Why Ukraine is the war we can’t ignore – Whatever Vladimir Putin intended with his attack on Ukraine, his bombs have set off a seismic geopolitical shockwave that could tilt the terrain of great-power politics for a generation.

“The West has risen to the challenge presented by Russia, and its leaders are being forced to reassess a number of their assumptions about national resilience – particularly in terms of energy markets and supply chains,” says Sophie Gaston, a London-based Australian who heads the British Foreign Policy Group.

But she warns this could “embed a degree of insecurity into both domestic and collective European stability”. As Australians well know, the politics of energy can quickly turn against the politicians.

 

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Australian Financial Review