A European Reflects on Geopolitics after Russia-Ukraine War and Repercussions for Indo-Pacific

By : Joergen Oerstroem Moeller

Page No: 61-66

Introduction :
The Russian attack on Ukraine is the biggest geopolitical upheaval since 1945. The first observation is that the concept of warfare has changed. The second one is that globalization is losing steam with regionalism and autarchy gaining ground. The third one is that global super power position is about forging global values. One of the most certain projections for mid-21st Century is that the global powerhouse and consequently the area for competition/rivalry among big powers will be Indo-Pacific. The intriguing question is whether East Asia will maintain its primogeniture or whether South Asia will link up with West Asia and the Eastern coast of Africa challenging east Asia.

Author :
Joergen Oerstroem Moeller is a former state-secretary for the Royal Danish Foreign Ministry and the author of Asia’s Transformation: From Economic Globalization to Regionalization, The Veil of Circumstance: Technology, Values, Dehumanization and the Future of Economics and Politics and How Asia Can Shape the World, from the era of Plenty to the Era of Scarcities.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2022.30.02.2