An analysis of the dynamics of Russia's war against Ukraine: goals and consequences

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Public International Law, Department of Law, Faculty of Humanities, Bo Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

2 Instructor, Department of Political Science, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

3 Doctoral student of international law, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan, Iran

Abstract

One of the most important events of the 21st century is Russia's war against Ukraine, which affected not only the behavior pattern of the great powers, but also the type of activism of medium and weak governments. From this point of view, the following article, using the balance of power theory, tries to answer the question of what factors and goals caused Russia's military attack against Ukraine, and what are its consequences for Russia? From the point of view of the objective, this research is considered an applied research; Because it aims to investigate its various aspects, in terms of the power struggle between the great powers and its consequences. Due to the qualitative nature of the research, the library study method has been taken into consideration in this research and data has been collected through questionnaires. The main claim of the research states that geopolitical concerns and changes in the world order have caused Russia's military attack against Ukraine. Nevertheless, the type of performance of Russia and Ukraine against each other indicates a balance that has scattered the distribution of power. The research results show that the current war will have many consequences for Russia. So that the aid of Western powers to Ukraine, economic sanctions, imposing military costs on Russia, the development of NATO's influence in Russia's peripheral environment as negative aspects and the weakening of the hegemonic position of the US dollar, the decline of the liberal order and hegemony. America's aggression and multilateralism and the expansion of the look-to-the-east policy have been among the positive consequences for Russia in the Ukraine war.

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Quarterly Journal of Environmental Studies Strategic of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Volume 8, Issue 4 - Serial Number 29
December 2024
Pages 121-154

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