The Effects of Wars: Lessons from the War in Ukraine

War has been an ever-present feature of human existence. The analysis of wars has tended to focus on either their causes or the military and strategic consequences of a conflict. This book argues that war can have a much wider impact across layers of society that go beyond international boundaries. It presents a heuristic multi-disciplinary framework for analysing the ripple and backwash effects across five connected analytical layers around the world: material; human capabilities; economic; values belief and attitudes; policy and governance; and power. Through this framework, the book introduces a set of empirically rich and theoretically informed studies which examine the first consequences of the war in Ukraine following the invasion of Russia in February 2022. This multi-disciplinary approach shows that the effects of the war were much deeper and sustained.

This volume will be of interest to students and scholars of international humanitarian law, security studies, peace and conflict studies, and European history. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Policy Studies.

Pierre Bocquillon is Lecturer in EU Politics and Policy at the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies, University of East Anglia, UK. His current research interests include the external dimension of EU’s energy and climate policies, the politics of renewable energy promotion and the democratic governance of energy and climate change.

Suzanne Doyle is Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies, University of East Anglia, UK. Her areas of expertise include Nuclear Politics, US and British Defence Policy, Security Studies and the Cold War.

Toby S. James is Professor of Politics & Public Policy in the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies, University of East Anglia, UK. His research interests are broad and cover democracy in practice, electoral institutions and malpractice, political participation, political leadership, statecraft theory, public administration, theories of the policy process and research methodologies.

Ra Mason is Associate Professor at the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies, University of East Anglia, UK. He is an internationally recognised specialist in the international relations of the Indo-Pacific, with a specific focus on Japan.

Soul Park is Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies, University of East Anglia, UK. His main research and teaching interests are in international security, strategic studies, international relations theory and qualitative methods.

Matilde Rosina is Lecturer in International Relations at the College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences, Brunel University London, UK. Her research focuses on international political economy and migration, with specific reference to the European context.