Adapted from Ashley J. Tellis, "The Ukraine War and Global Cleavages" in War in Ukraine: Conflict, Strategy, and the Return of a Fractured World, edited by Hal Brands (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024), 204–223. Rude Awakenings: The Ukraine War and Global FracturesAlthough the Russian invasion of Ukraine did not produce the fractures that are now manifestly visible internationally, it has certainly highlighted the cleavages that have gradually emerged in the post–Cold War period. These divisions have been on clear display in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) discussions on the Ukraine war. Implications for the United StatesThe Ukraine war brought the recessed cleavages in the global system to the fore, but it did not cause them. These fractures are an inevitable consequence of the decades of global hegemony enjoyed by the United States.

Source: New York Times May 13, 2024 20:15 UTC