The impact of conflict on contemporary global dynamics: Integration, globalisation, and polarisation trends

Abstract

The Russian war against Ukraine has multi-component and multifaceted consequences. The armed intervention of Russia accelerated the process of Ukraine’s European integration and promoted pro-European solidarity in the country. The war has led to a massive reorientation of Ukrainian society toward the Western direction of development and strengthened the idea that the movement toward the European Union is inevitable and irreversible. At the same time, Kyiv and Brussels strengthened their solidarity with the aggressor country. The decision to nominate Ukraine as a candidate for membership in the European Union is a sign of the EU member states’ push for Ukraine as Europe’s only response to Russia’s neo-imperialist policy of aggression. The decision is of a political and security nature, as Ukraine protects the European Union from the Kremlin’s continental expansion, and in fact, the political system and the future of the European Union are currently in the hands of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.