How the War in Ukraine Will Change the World

Published in Milenio
(Mexico) on 25 March 2022
by Héctor Aguilar Camín (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Patricia Simoni. Edited by Helaine Schweitzer.
The Economist Intelligence Unit has listed global changes that may result from the invasion of Ukraine:*

(1) a new division of Europe, based on Russia's rejection of the order created after the construction of the Berlin Wall, an order created from a geographic security belt established on Russia’s borders that included Ukraine as well as Belarus and Kazakhstan;

(2) the end of the post-Cold War order, marked by the resurgence of Russia, the rise of China and the erosion of U.S. hegemony;

(3) the deepening of Russia's strategic alliance with China, which, according to Xi Jinping, "knows no limits" and will be "superior to the political and military alliances of the Cold War";

(4) the alliance of Russia and China will accelerate the bifurcation of the world into two hostile camps, a logical alignment that will be increasingly difficult to avoid;

(5) by focusing on European security, the U.S. will lose the strength to deal with the rise of China;

(6) the Ukrainian war will accelerate the global arms race, which had slowed down since 1991. The United States and Europe, especially Germany, are again focusing on accelerating armament;

(7) Germany will consequently start to play an increasingly decisive role in European security policy, leaving behind the historical shadow of the risk that an armed Germany represents;

(8) Europe will have to define itself clearly in the face of contrasting tensions the new order will present and consider a common defense policy that is less dependent on the umbrella of NATO and the United States;

(9) the challenge to democracy as an ineffective and decadent political form will become more pronounced, according to Chinese strategic vision; a view shared by many others in autocracies and populist regions where the challenge never abated, and where there is new disenchantment with democracy;

(10) the war in Ukraine will feed old demands for territorial expansion, especially those of China with respect to Taiwan.

The world order is changing before our eyes, with tendencies that portend a new epoch, except for this: The shadow of nuclear risk is returning. It’s a brave new world.

*Editor’s Note: The Economist Intelligence Unit is the research and analysis division of the Economist Group, a global media and information services company.


La Unidad de Inteligencia de la revista The Economist ha esbozado los cambios mundiales que pueden derivarse de la invasión de Ucrania.

Una nueva división de Europa, por el rechazo ruso al orden creado después del Muro de Berlín, mediante la creación de un cinturón geográfico de seguridad en sus fronteras, cinturón que incluye a Ucrania, pero también a Bielorrusia y Kazajstán.


El fin del orden de la posguerra fría, marcado por el resurgimiento de Rusia, el ascenso de China y la erosión de la hegemonía estadunidense.

La profundización de la alianza estratégica de Rusia con China, que según Xi Jinping, “no conoce límites” y será “superior a las alianzas políticas y militares de la guerra fría”.

4. La alianza de Rusia y China acelerará la bifurcación del mundo en dos campos hostiles, a cuya lógica de alineamiento será cada vez más difícil sustraerse.

5. Al concentrarse en la seguridad europea, Estados Unidos perderá fuerza para lidiar con el ascenso de China.

6. La guerra de Ucrania acelerará la carrera global de armamentos, que venía declinando desde 1991, pero vuelve a ser el foco de expansiones en Estados Unidos y Europa, significativamente Alemania.

7. Alemania, en consecuencia, empezará a jugar un papel cada vez más decisivo en la política de seguridad europea, dejando atrás la sombra histórica del riesgo de una Alemania armada.

8. Europa deberá definirse con claridad ante las tensiones contrastantes de la nueva bipolaridad, y plantearse una política de defensa común que dependa menos del paraguas de la OTAN y de Estados Unidos.

9. Se hará más pronunciado el desafío a la democracia como una forma política ineficaz y decadente, según la visión estratégica china, y de otras muchas autocracias y populismos que, o nunca se fueron de la escena, o crecen en los nuevos territorios del desencanto democrático.

10. La guerra de Ucrania alimentará viejas pretensiones de expansión territorial, significadamente las de China sobre Taiwán.

El orden mundial cambia ante nuestros ojos con tendencias que anuncian una nueva época, salvo en esto viejo: repone la sombra del riesgo nuclear. A brave new world.
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