Is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a symptom of an “unrecognised and unacknowledged” cold war?
Russia’s assault on Ukraine has rattled the global order, with Europe hosting a state-on-state clash with the potential to reap violence on a scale unseen since the Second World War.
A Russian withdrawal seems unfathomable without appeasing President Vladimir Putin’s increasingly aggressive regime, which claims to be threatened by NATO’s expansion in eastern Europe.
However, the invasion has only emboldened Ukraine’s push to build formal ties with its Western neighbours, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently submitting a formal application for membership to the European Union.
