INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES REVIEW (IJMSSSR)
The Russia-Ukraine War: Historical Factors of the War and its Effect in the International Community
E-ISSN: 2566-7883
P-ISSN: 2782-2448
DOI: https://iigdpublishers.com/article/1679
For a long time, the international community wondered if there would be a war between Russia and Ukraine or if Putin was bluffing. This war in Ukraine has however been ongoing since February 2022, and its scope expanded to include more actors of the international community taking positions. To achieve international peace, the discussion and study of conflict and its resolutions in the international system is a prerequisite. This article, therefore, gives a detailed account of the Russia-Ukraine conflict using both Game theory and Realism. Political commentators and analysts asserted that Russia’s amassing troops on the Ukrainian border in the wake of Joe Biden’s inauguration was to draw the new president’s attention, as well as the European superpowers. But, on the 24th of February, the conversation switched to whether or not Putin was irrational to start a war in the wake and presence of nuclear weapons.
Tobi Achudume
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