In the short term, the war is causing energy prices to soar and prompting fears of famine in some countries. In the long term, it could remake the modern global supply chain.
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Price shocks are a feature of the global oil market, not a bug – and even when governments take many steps to grow supply or reduce demand, it can be years before prices ease.
A leader’s machismo can lead to war, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has long displayed his version of hyper-masculinity. A historian says that for America’s founders, wars never fed their egos.
Tens of thousands of Ukrainians are using humanitarian corridors to leave the country. But these routes are often announced for political reasons and do not always offer safety
The west underestimates the power of Russian-state television, says an expert.
Propaganda is a key weapon of war and, in this regard at least, Ukraine is winning.
The financial impact will be severe and long lasting.
The relationship between South Africa and the West, especially the US, has a complex history. Not least because the US designated those fighting the apartheid regime, as terrorists.
Academics and students are prominent among the Russians who are defying the Putin regime and opposing the invasion of Ukraine. They need to be supported, not cut off by the rest of the world.
The US economy is cooling, yet inflation remains elevated, a combo that suggests stagflation might be right around the corner.
The rapid boycott of Russian companies suggests ‘political consumerism’ has become a new normal for people to protest against governments
The Conversation’s weekly round-up of some of the best articles about the war in Ukraine.
European integration is often touted as contributing to peace – but Moscow has other ideas.
With Russia’s “great power status” tied closely to economic power, the country’s crumbling economy is putting Putin’s claims to legitimacy at risk.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats have the world on edge, but so far, long-standing arms control measures have helped keep the situation from getting out of control.
Beijing and Moscow have had a cozy relationship of late. A scholar of China-Russia diplomacy explains how Ukraine might affect that.
The Ukrainian crisis is probably the biggest crowdsourced humanitarian aid operation ever undertaken.
How do a country and its citizens deal with the trauma of a deadly invasion by an enemy? Memes, cats and TikToks are emerging – most recently in the Ukraine war – as a way to cope with tragedy.
People can act collectively to lower their energy use in an emergency.
From harming satellites to crashing the ISS, the Ukraine war could soon extend to space.
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Relations, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
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Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, University of Bath
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Professor of International Security, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University
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Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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