The Great Power Competition Volume 5 : The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Implications for the Central Region / Adib Farhadi, Mark Grzegorzewskia and Anthony J, Masys

• Pubblicazione: Cham, : Springer, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (413 pages)
• Disciplina: 947.7086
• Persona (resp. second.): FarhadiAdib; GrzegorzewskiMark; MasysAnthony J
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Evolving Crises and Economic Power Politics in the Central Asia-South Asia (CASA) Region -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: An Evolving Global Crisis -- 3 Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Rival Power Alliances in the CASA Region -- 4 The Future of Great Power Competition: CASA and the Race for Critical Resources -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Regional Ambivalence Towards Russia and Ukraine -- 1 Introduction -- 2 UN Votes -- 3 Deepened Commercial Ties -- 3.1 The Gulf States -- 3.2 Turkey -- 3.3 Iraq, Egypt and Other Arab States -- 4 Kremlin Narrative Resonates -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Great Power Competition Following the Ukraine War -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Great Power Competition in Eastern Europe -- 3 Changing Periphery -- 4 China's Game -- 5 Economic Element-Burdening Europe, the Middle East, and Africa -- 6 India's Power: Sideline Observer -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Russia's 2022 Cyber-Enabled Warfare Against Ukraine: Why Russia Failed to Perform to Expectations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Missing "Cyber War" -- 3 What is Russia Competing for in Ukraine? -- 4 Establishing the Strike Zone -- 5 Past Performance May Not Be Indicative of Future Results -- 6 Dysfunctional Front Office -- 7 Playing Away Games are Hard! -- 8 "It's Tough to Make Predictions, Especially About the Future" ~ Yogi Berra -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Navigating the Middle Ground: The Central Region's Middle Powers' Response to the Russo-Ukrainian War -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Middle Power Theory and Why Middle Powers Matter -- 3 Framing the Uncertainty in the Region -- 4 The Central Region's Middle Powers' Behavior -- 4.1 The Revisionists -- 4.2 The Hedgers -- 5 Conclusion -- References. ; Iran's Drone Industry and Its Military Cooperation with Russia in Ukraine -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Iranian Drones: A Brief History -- 3 Iranian Involvement and Regional Drones in Syria, Libya, and Nagorno-Karabakh -- 3.1 Syria -- 3.2 Libya -- 3.3 Nagorno-Karabakh -- 4 Iranian Drones and Other Military Aid to Ethiopia During the Tigray War -- 5 Iranian Drone Transfers and Military Cooperation with Russia in Ukraine -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- The War in Ukraine: The Turning Point of Russia-Iran Relations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background Study on Russo-Persian Relations -- 2.1 Cooperation (1465-the 1640s) -- 2.2 Enmity (1650-1820s) -- 2.3 Asymmetric Partnership (1830-the 1910s) -- 2.4 Brief Friendship (the 1920s) -- 2.5 Hostility (1940-1990s) -- 2.6 Cooperation (1990-2020s) -- 3 Transformation to a Semi-interdependent Partnership -- 3.1 Military Cooperation -- 3.2 Economic Cooperation -- 4 Obstacles Ahead of Russo-Persian Relations -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Putin's Playbook: The Development of Russian Tactics, Operations, and Strategy from Chechnya to Ukraine -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Second Chechen War -- 3 The Munich Security Conference and Estonia -- 4 Georgia: The 5-Day War -- 5 Military Reform and Russia's Special Operations Forces Command -- 6 Euromaidan and the Annexation of Crimea -- 7 Eastern Ukraine and the "Novorossiya Campaign" -- 8 Syria: Russia's Training Ground -- 9 Ukraine 2.0: Russia's 2022 Invasion of Ukraine -- 10 "I Need Ammo, Not a Ride" -- 11 Lies, Law, and Why Words Matter -- 12 "All is According to Plan" -- 13 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Impact Analysis of the War in Ukraine on Non-traditional Security: An Examination of the Emerging Risks to the Sustainable Development Goals -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sustainable Development Goals -- 3 Analysis of Systemic and Transborder Risks. ; 4 Nontraditional Security Implications -- 5 Energy Security -- 6 Food Security -- 7 Environmental Security -- 8 Health Security -- 9 Fragility -- 10 Influence on SDGs -- 11 SDGs Food, Poverty, Health, Economic Growth, Inequality, Gender Inequality -- 12 Conclusion -- References -- Russia's Backyard: China and Central Asia after the Invasion of Ukraine -- 1 Introduction -- 2 China and Central ASIA-Strategic Proximity -- 3 Five Countries-Five Stories: China and Central Asia -- 3.1 Kazakhstan and China -- 3.2 Kyrgyzstan and China -- 3.3 Tajikistan and China -- 3.4 Uzbekistan and China -- 3.5 Turkmenistan and China -- 4 China's Growing Hegemony in Central Asia-Washington and Beijing -- 5 China's Hegemony in Central Asia: Geopolitical Challenges to the US -- 5.1 Return of US Military Bases to Central Asia: Very Unlikely if not Impossible -- 5.2 China's Military Rise in Central Asia -- 5.3 Return to Multi-levelled Hegemonic Competition (with New Actors) -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Intelligence in Ukraine: Success, Failure, or Signaling Revolutionary Change? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Spring/Fall 2021: Prelude to an Invasion -- 3 Good Work Intelligence!/Another Intelligence Failure! -- 4 Intelligence Definition? Intelligence Practitioner? -- 5 Conclusion: How the Strategic Environment Shapes Intelligence -- Moral Injury in Refugee Communities: The Connection Between Displacement and Disorientation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Identity, Community, and Meaning-Making -- 3 Displacement and Moral Injury -- 4 Disorientation: A Salient Consequence of Moral Injury for Refugees -- 5 Two Dire Concerns for Refugees -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- The Energy War: How Europe Turned the Tables on Russia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Applying Theory to Practice -- 3 No Clear Way to Offset Russian Losses -- 4 Why Was Germany so Vulnerable? -- 5 Applying More Theory to Practice. ; 6 Why Boom and Bust Energy Instability? -- 7 Booms Sow the Seeds of Busts -- 8 Toward International Energy Stability -- 9 Russia Gets Ready for the Energy War -- 10 Global Support for Russia is Growing -- 11 Russia's Repeated Cutbacks of Gas to Europe -- 12 Russia Halts Gas Exports to Poland and Bulgaria -- 13 Negative Economic Impact on Europe -- 14 Questions Over EU's Hard Pivot -- 15 The Showdown -- 16 Would EU Leaders Stand Up to Putin? -- 17 EU Starts Winning -- 18 Rising EU Confidence -- 19 How Did the EU Turn the Tables on Russia? -- 20 The EU's Amazing Turnaround -- 21 Initial LNG Pessimism -- 22 The Situation Changes -- 23 The LNG Game Changer -- 24 How Was It Possible to Scale Up LNG So Fast? -- 25 The Demand Response -- 26 Russia's Coercion Loses Its Potency -- 27 Russia's Long-Term Decline -- 28 Warning Signs for Russian Oil -- 29 The Price Cap and Embargo -- 30 The "Goldilocks" Level -- 31 European Energy Opportunities -- 32 European Energy Challenges -- Notes -- Ukraine's National Recovery: Opportunities and Challenges -- 1 Introduction: The Time Is Now -- 2 Russia Degrades Ukraine's Economy -- 3 The Cost of War -- 4 Physical Damage -- 4.1 Damage Assessment -- 4.2 Losses Due to the War -- 4.3 Total Damage and Loss -- 5 President Zelensky's National Recovery Plan -- 6 Transforming the Plan into Concrete Achievements -- 7 Needed: A Coherent Economic Transition -- 8 A Market Friendly Economy for Ukraine -- 9 Previous East European Reforms: Lessons Learned -- 10 The Sequencing of Economic Reforms -- 11 Redefining the Role of the Ukrainian State -- 12 Toward Price Liberalization -- 13 Toward Trade Liberalization Again -- 14 Privatization -- 15 The Pace of Economic Reforms -- 16 The Importance of Anti-corruption Reforms -- 17 Conclusion: A Window of Opportunity for Better Governance -- Notes. ; To the Bastion: NATO's Return to Europe Leaves Its Troubled Southern Flank Open for Competition -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Historical Development of NATO's Divisive Southern Flank -- 2.1 Rifts Between Friends -- 2.2 Soviet Competition to the South -- 3 Major Post-9/11 Operations and Divided Interests in the South -- 3.1 NATO 360-Degree -- 4 To the Bastion! Russia Invades Ukraine -- 4.1 NATO's Growing Pains and Conflicting Interests -- 4.2 Russia and China Move South -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- How CENTCOM Can Exploit Russia's Failure in Ukraine -- 1 Recommendation 1: A New Narrative to Reframe the War in Ukraine -- 2 Recommendation 2: Build on the Reframed View of the War to Discredit the Abandonment Narrative -- 3 Recommendation 3: Build on the Reframed View of the War to Discredit Russia -- 4 Recommendation 4: Build on the New Assessment of Russia, and China's Lukewarm Support for Russia, to Discredit China -- 5 Tailoring These Messages for Specific Audiences -- 6 Why the War in Ukraine Looks Different to Nations in the CENTCOM AOR -- 7 Israel and the Arab States -- 7.1 Oil -- 8 Recommended CENTCOM Messaging to Israel and the Arab States -- 9 Central Asian States -- 10 Recommended CENTCOM Messaging to the Central Asian States -- 11 Iran and Syria -- 12 Recommended CENTCOM Messaging and Actions Regarding Syria and Iran to Exploit the War in Ukraine -- 13 Pakistan and Afghanistan -- 14 Recommended CENTCOM Messaging and Actions in Pakistan and Afghanistan -- 15 Conclusion -- The Invasion of Ukraine and the Global Food Crisis of 2022: Responding to Food Supply Shocks -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Part I: Understanding the Food Crisis of 2022 -- 2.1 The Situation Pre-War -- 2.2 Invasion of Ukraine: Supply Shock and Food Crisis -- 2.3 Global Response -- 2.4 Where Things Stand Now -- 3 Part II The Food Shock Model and the Role of the Military. ; 3.1 Food Insecurity: A Pricing Perspective.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Great Power Competition Volume 5
• ISBN: 3-031-40451-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910747593603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II