Pandemic Russo-Ukrainian War Geopolitical-Economic Turmoil

Foreword by Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos.

How has the world changed during the pandemic, and what geopolitical upheavals has it caused? What are the security strategies of the USA, China, and Russia? What is the role of the EU in this new reality? Is the Indo-Pacific region the field of "conflict" between the USA and China? Does the Russo-Ukrainian conflict signify a return to a new Cold War? What are asymmetric, hybrid, and new wars? How will artificial intelligence affect the balance of power between the USA and China?

What are the geoeconomic aspects of the pandemic and the Russo-Ukrainian war? How much is the global economy at risk from inflation issues, public debt, inequalities, and the very phenomenon of deglobalization? What are the new geoeconomic power relations between the USA, China, Russia, and the EU, and how will regional entities, such as Southeast Asia, be affected?

This book seeks to provide answers to all these critical questions. It offers the reader a comprehensive picture of the global political and economic upheavals and transformations that predated the pandemic and peaked with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. By reading it, one understands that we are on the brink of a new historical reality, which will lead to a new Cold War and a new global order.