Geoeconomics and the Ukraine Crisis

The aim is to cause the target to underbalance against the threat, failing to take necessary precautions. And by provoking political discord over the need to counterbalance, geo economics can be an effective strategy for undermining balancing behavior. For much of this century, up until the ucr crisis erupted in march 20 fourteenth russia had excelled at using go economics to keep the eu Weak and divided in its dealings with them. The ukraine crisis became a game changer. At first, potin managed to cajole the ukranian government into suspending talks on an association agreement with the eu. Russia was thus well on its way to making europe even more dependent on