Russia’s War in Ukraine Is a Triumph for the U.S. in Asia
Beijing cannot be pleased at how Japan, South Korea and Taiwan have rushed to condemn Putin’s aggression.
Reaching their limit?
Photographer: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images
As the war in Ukraine moves into a second month, its global economic reverberations are increasing. Energy markets, agriculture, bonds, precious metals — all are roiled as the fighting takes its uncertain path.
But beyond economics, longer-term geopolitical themes are emerging, as countries are increasingly forced to pick sides for or against Russian President Vladimir Putin. For U.S. strategic planners, who know that China and not Russia is the greatest long-term threat to U.S. interests, the ways in which the Ukrainian war and its aftermath will affect Asian countries is of paramount importance.