The geopolitical reordering of the world cannot simply be achieved through
war or challenging the West’s political influence in its various global domains.
The economic component is possibly the most significant of the ongoing tug
of war between Russia and its western detractors.
Prior to the Russia-Ukraine war, any conversation on the need to challenge or
redefine globalization was confined largely to academic circles. The war made
that theoretical conversation a tangible, urgent one. The US, European,
western support for Kyiv has little to do with Ukraine’s sovereignty and
independence and everything to do with the real anxiety that a Russian success
will demolish or, at least, seriously damage, the current version of economic
globalization as envisaged by the US and its allies.
