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This article is the English version of Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean,
« Un an de guerre en Ukraine : où en sont les Russes ? », published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 88, Issue 1, 2023.

“ We are at war and the country is plunged into total unconsciousness of events”: such was the assessment of the Russian writer Victor Erofeyev in the months following the invasion of Ukraine. Indeed, after the initial shock, the majority of Russians have continued to go about their lives as if it were in fact a “special military operation” with limited scope, like the intervention in Syria in 2015. Ukrainians’ suffering has left them largely indifferent, which has led to anger, and even hatred, on the part of the invaded nation toward the Russian people as a whole.

The War in Ukraine: A Korean Model?

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On 23/03/2023

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This article is the English version of Pierre Grosser,
« Guerre d’Ukraine : un modèle coréen ? », published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 87, Issue 3, 2022.

Photographie par Mikhail Volkov (Unsplash) d'un char en Ukraine dans la nature.

The war in Ukraine has resulted in the Russian government ramping up its instrumentalization and manipulation of history, with the Great Patriotic War in particular being used intensively as a main source of legitimization. In the West, Russian aggression has prompted a revival of already overused historical analogies. Those who call for talks with Moscow and a rapid settlement are fearful of an escalation with tragic consequences, as in 1914, when leaders “sleepwalked” their way into the First World War. And those who are alarmed by a return to a world of authoritarian expansionist powers insist on the need to counter an aggressor described as genocidal; comparing Russia’s intentions to those of Hitler, they seek to avoid a repetition Munich-style appeasement of the 1930s and to bring about the fall of the regime. Analogies can also be made with the course and consequences of the Korean War (1950–1953), which, like the current war, had a Eurasian dimension: The Korean War raised fears that the USSR would take advantage of the war to attack Europe, while the war in Ukraine immediately raised fears of a Chinese offensive, in particular against Taiwan.

[CITATION] Un an de guerre en Ukraine : où en sont les Russes ?

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On 22/03/2023

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Citation de Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean provenant de l'article "Un an de guerre en Ukraine : où en sont les Russes", issu de politique étrangère n° 1/2023, mars 2023, p. 86.
« Le Kremlin a donc réussi un tour de force : la guerre est largement acceptée comme un fait auquel il faut s’adapter, et la mobilisation n’est pas devenue un facteur de rupture du contrat social pour la majorité de la population. Il a aussi cherché à renforcer les loyautés en augmentant les salaires des siloviki et en indexant sur l’inflation les retraites et salaires des structures publiques dont dépendent des millions des personnes. »

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The impact of the war in Ukraine on the energy sector

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On 16/03/2023

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This article is the English version of Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega,
« Les conséquences de la guerre d’Ukraine pour le secteur de l’énergie », published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 87, Issue 2, 2022.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought large-scale interstate warfare back to Europe, plunging the Old World into a series of mutually exacerbating crises. The war has a global impact because Russia is the world’s largest exporter of gas (mostly through pipelines) and liquid hydrocarbons (crude oil and refined products), as well as one of the world’s largest exporters of coal, uranium, metals and ores, and of agricultural raw materials and fertilizers. Russia was also on the verge of becoming the world’s fourth largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), just behind the US, Qatar, and Australia. The conflict’s impact can be seen in the slowdown in global economic growth, an increase in regional instability and specific flash points, inflation raging in most economies, and unprecedented tensions in agricultural and hydrocarbon markets.

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[CITATION] Un an de guerre en Ukraine : où en sont les Russes ?

The impact of the war in Ukraine on the energy sector