Ukraine—a county that rejected aggression and militarization when it broke away from the Soviet Union—is fighting three wars today: the front in the east against an expansionist power, the battle within to defeat cronyism and corruption, and an economic war to reorient trade flows and modernize its economy. The world’s attention, as well as that of the Ukrainian public, is understandably focused on the first two fronts; yet we must not ignore the economic front. Energy diplomacy is a missing pillar in Ukraine’s defense and foreign policy today. Energy is a lever of geoeconomics and geopolitics everywhere in the …read more
Source: Atlantic Council