The Geopolitical Significance of the Ukraine War

This paper attempts to take an overview of the geopolitical significance of the Ukraine War from a realist point of view. How its outcome impacts issues from the power balance between Russia and the Western Bloc, through the prospects of a regional bloc in Central and Eastern Europe, the energy security of Europe, to issues like nuclear proliferation throughout the world, and the risk of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. As we will see, in our world where everything impacts everything else, the significance of the outcome of the war may be more far-reaching than assumed.