The Emerging Post-Ukraine World Order

explores the reemergence of balance-of-power politics and the return of classical realism in the twenty-first century.By situating the war in Ukraine within this larger transition, the chapter provides the analytical framework for the rest of the volume.Chapter Two: Handling the Ukraine crisis-a geopolitical perspective This chapter delves into the complex geopolitical, historical, and ethnic roots of the Ukraine conflict.It situates Ukraine's strategic position between East and West and explores how its contested identity and regional fault lines have made it a focal point of the post-Cold War order's unraveling.Chapter Three: Ukraine as Biden's sacrificed pawn-a mismanagement under the declining U.S. hegemony Focusing on the formative role of U.S. policy toward Ukraine, particularly under the Obama Administration and then-Vice President Joseph Biden, this chapter critiques Washington's repeated political interference in Ukrainian domestic affairs.It argues that mismanagement under conditions of declining hegemony has exacerbated instability and contributed to the outbreak of war.Chapter Four: Unmasking war propaganda against Russian aggression-an investigative approach War is fought not only on battlefields but also in the realm of ideas.This chapter critically examines the propaganda and counter-propaganda disseminated by both the West and Russia.It aims to foster a more sober and clear-eyed analysis among policymakers and the informed public alike.Chapter Five: The Russia-Ukraine warfare as the final stage of U.S.-Russia proxy war in Donbas (2014Donbas ( -2022) ) The armed conflict in Donbas is analyzed as a quintessential proxy war.While rooted in ethnic and regional grievances, it has been instrumentalized by the United States and Russia in their broader contest have helped contain the conflict.Amid U.S. retrenchment and a shifting global order, both sides appear to be edging toward a fragile "Cold Peace" -a tense, deterrence-driven standoff rooted in mutual caution and the logic of strategic self-preservation.Chapter Thirteen: US bombing of Iran and the transition to a new international legal order This chapter analyzes the 2025 U.S. precision bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities as a pivotal event signaling the erosion of the post-WWII international legal order, with a highlight on the tension between the prohibition on the use of force and the expanding interpretation of selfdefense.The analysis argues that the failure of collective security and the unilateral use of force by great powers reflect a shift toward a multipolar balance-of-power system.Chapter Fourteen: The evolving new Yalta Regime-Trump and Putin align against the European globalists The Anchorage summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin marked a turning point in the Ukraine war and global order.By hosting Putin and remaining silent on Russia's framing, Trump tacitly legitimized Moscow's position while sidelining Europe.The talks suggested competing visions of a "security guarantee" for Ukraine, broader bargains over multipolar order, and the eclipse of value-based foreign policy in favor of raw power politics.Echoing Yalta, the summit signaled a new era of transactional great-power diplomacy.Chapter Fifteen: Jewish intelligence power as a critical intervening factor in hegemonic transference This chapter argues that Jewish intelligence power has been a decisive but overlooked factor in hegemonic transference from Britain to the United States and now toward a U.S.-Israel axis.It traces how Jewish financial-intelligence networks fused with British statecraft, later embedded in Anglo-American globalism, and now increasingly align with --Judeo-American nationalism under Trump.The study highlights the shift from Jewish internationalism to Jewish nationalism, showing how these dynamics shape U.S. hegemonic decline and the emerging multipolar order.Chapter Sixteen: A self-explication of Chapter 15-reconsidering epistemic power in hegemonic transition This chapter aims to review Chapter 15 within the broader landscape of the scholarship of international relations theory on hegemony, power transition, and epistemic structures.The goal is to assess both its intellectual merits and its limitations as a model for rethinking how nonmaterial, transnational factors shape hegemonic transformation.Chapter Seventeen: Policy prescriptions for Europe and Japan In the final chapter, Japan and the European Union have long prospered under U.S. hegemony but now face a vastly different global environment.The chapter argues for a turn toward realism, strategic autonomy, and a rethinking of their commitment to a liberal international order that no longer reflects the global balance of power.In sum, this monograph challenges conventional narratives about the Russia-Ukraine war and offers an alternative framework rooted in geopolitical realism.It argues that the conflict is not an aberration, but rather a symptom of a deeper systemic transition: the end of U.S. hegemony and the birth of a new world order.By tracing this transformation across multiple dimensions-strategic, ideological, economic, and historical-the study seeks to equip readers with the analytical tools needed to navigate an increasingly fragmented and uncertain international landscape.This is a study not only about war and diplomacy but about the end of an era-and the uncertain beginnings of another.