Ukraine, Europe, and the re-routing of Globalization

The dominant Western narrative—now virtually obligatory within its media and foreign policy establishments—asserts that Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 was unprovoked, deriving from domestic political imperatives messianic imperial nostalgia. Yet, while these factors must be included a comprehensive causal argument, deeper more satisfactory explanation for the situates predicament Russian ruling class—and thus government—within context systematic, decades-long project NATO expansion series specific provocative actions decisions taken by Kyiv Washington in second half 2021. United States has consistently opposed integration between Russia Europe. key parameter U.S. neo-imperial strategy Europe-Asia remains embedded Cold War geo-politics, namely hegemony Eurasia rests exclusion European affairs prevention geo-economic axis Berlin, Moscow Beijing. However, even as war may result final settling accounts U.S.-Russia relationship beyond, it also thrown into increasingly sharp relief growing conflict class interests complex geopolitical asymmetries contradictions transatlantic relationship.