Russia-Ukraine: the noxious combination that explains the war

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https://doi.org/10.24215/23142766e162

Keywords:

Russia-Ukraine war, risks, mutation, asymmetry, power

Abstract

The objective of this article is to present empirical evidence on two propositions about the inter-state war between Russia and Ukraine. The first postulate claims that, at the very least, from 2013 to the present the Russia-Ukraine inter-state dyad has shown all the risk factors associated with the start of interstate wars. The second postulate puts forward that this war is the result of a mutation process from an internationalized intra-state war to an inter-state war. This study argues that both the risk factors and the mutation may be explained by a noxious combination: asymmetry of power between the member States participating in the conflict in the internationalized intra-state phase, with limited political power emerging in the inter-state dyad.

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Author Biography

Hernán Olmedo González, Universidad de la República

Doctor en Ciencia Política por la Universidad de la República en Uruguay. Miembro activo del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores de la Agencia Nacional de Innovación e Investigación (ANII). Docente del Posgrado en Estudios Internacionales de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República, Uruguay.

 

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Published

2023-04-21

How to Cite

Olmedo González, H. (2023). Russia-Ukraine: the noxious combination that explains the war. International Relations, 32(64), 162. https://doi.org/10.24215/23142766e162