War Studies

War Studies

The Ukraine crisis and its impact on the geometry of the new world order

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Hossein Dadvand
PhD student of Strategic Defense Sciences, Higher National Defense University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/qjws.2023.1990319.1118
Abstract
Although the Ukraine crisis is geopolitically considered a North-North and Europe-centered war, in practice it is a "world power" conflict that is centered around the predicted collapse of the global hegemony of the United States of America and clearly destroys American peace. Therefore, while analyzing the Russia-Ukraine war, based on the future research method and the technique of scenario planning, this article tries to answer the main question that the future scenarios of the Russia-Ukraine war and its impact on the future of the order What will be the new world? This research is of applied type, analytical descriptive research method and qualitative research approach. Data collection has been done by two methods, field and library, and the expert community of this research for the interview includes 10 experts related to the subject. The findings of the research show that the war between Russia and Ukraine, as a trigger or turning point, will cause a change in the order governing the structure of the international system and a new order of the kind It will not be unipolar led by the United States and the international system will enter a new era. The effect of this war will be the polarization of international security and the geopoliticization of international politics.
Keywords
Crisis
Ukraine
scenario
new world order
Subjects
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