No. 278: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: First Assessments and Geopolitical Implications

Author(s): Robert Orttung, Martin Jirušek, Taras Kuzio, Mariya Y. Omelicheva
Series Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 278
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich; Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), George Washington University; Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich; German Association for East European Studies (DGO)
Publication Year: 2022

This issue collects first assessments of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the 24th of February 2022. Robert Orttung asks who is to blame for Russia’s war on Ukraine; Martin Jirušek analyzes natural gas as Russia’s foreign policy tool; Taras Kuzio offers suggestions on what the West should do in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; and Mariya Y. Omelicheva discusses how Russia’s relatively weak economic standing, coupled with Kazakhstanis’ changing attitudes, will seriously limit Russia’s ability to increase its geopolitical influence over Kazakhstan.

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