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<p>Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has clearly shown how fragile the global geopolitical order is, in particular regarding the energy and food systems. International media picture a human tragedy of war <italic>intertwined with</italic> discussions of food and energy security. In addition, subjective fears of a decline in the quality of life and consumer welfare in developed European economies are voiced. The article aims to describe this specific dialectic related to the war as it reaches beyond warfare itself and increasingly affect the social welfare of European countries. Results of surveys conducted in ten European countries confirm the dominance of respondents’ concerns for their own socio-economic situation and their desire to end the war as soon as possible, even at the expense of Ukrainian concessions to Russia. These social attitudes are decisive when it comes to whether the Ukrainians may further be supported or not. Moreover, these sentiments must be taken into account by those in power in individual European countries. Ultimately, such attitudes may exert the pressure that could contribute to ending the war.</p>
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has clearly shown how fragile the global geopolitical order is, in particular regarding the energy and food systems. International media picture a human tragedy of war intertwined with discussions of food and energy security. In addition, subjective fears of a decline in the quality of life and consumer welfare in developed European economies are voiced. The article aims to describe this specific dialectic related to the war as it reaches beyond warfare itself and increasingly affect the social welfare of European countries. Results of surveys conducted in ten European countries confirm the dominance of respondents’ concerns for their own socio-economic situation and their desire to end the war as soon as possible, even at the expense of Ukrainian concessions to Russia. These social attitudes are decisive when it comes to whether the Ukrainians may further be supported or not. Moreover, these sentiments must be taken into account by those in power in individual European countries. Ultimately, such attitudes may exert the pressure that could contribute to ending the war.

Dialectic of Russia’s war in Ukraine: between geopolitics and energy welfare

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has clearly shown how fragile the global geopolitical order is, in particular regarding the energy and food systems. International...

Dialectic of Russia’s war in Ukraine: between geopolitics and energy welfare

Online veröffentlicht: 29. Aug. 2022

Seitenbereich: 7 - 18

Eingereicht: 15. Juli 2022

Akzeptiert: 21. Aug. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/sr.2022.6.3.01

Schlüsselwörter
war in Ukraine, Russia’s invasion, energy welfare, social welfare, geopolitics

© 2022 Mariusz Baranowski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Dialectic of Russia’s war in Ukraine: between geopolitics and energy welfare

Online veröffentlicht: 29. Aug. 2022

Seitenbereich: 7 - 18

Eingereicht: 15. Juli 2022

Akzeptiert: 21. Aug. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/sr.2022.6.3.01

Schlüsselwörterwar in Ukraine, Russia’s invasion, energy welfare, social welfare, geopolitics

© 2022 Mariusz Baranowski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
war in Ukraine, Russia’s invasion, energy welfare, social welfare, geopolitics