![]() ![]() There are new fractures that can slow cooperation, as when Europeans talk of digital sovereignty and “European values.” Strategic autonomy has been a dream for some since de Gaulle, but it remains unrealistic. Ukraine highlights the need for transatlantic partnership, but there are frictions that Russia can exploit. Assertions of national sovereignty have reemerged as a shaping principle for international relations, and bifurcation between democracies and authoritarians, the norm before 1990, is returning. The internet’s conceptual foundation is a millennial “one world” ideal of democracy, market economies, and a global commons. The internet undergirds this global connectivity, and cyberspace has become a focal point for contest. Changing this will be neither easy nor quick, but actions like cutting Russia off from SWIFT or denying access to airspace suggest an accelerated unraveling of global connectivity. The global rules and institutions developed after 1945 are inadequate for managing this risk. This creates vulnerabilities that Russia (and China) can use. There is a complex web of connections, like in the case of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, where opponents play an integral part. ![]() The challenge before Ukraine was remaking governance for an interconnected, digital world. The end of American ascendancy undermines the architecture of global governance and security, as well as that perennial favorite of American strategy, deterrence. If there was debate on whether the American century is over (this should have been apparent after Putin’s angry 2007 speech at the Munich Security Conference), the Russian intrusion into Ukraine ended it. Ukraine signals a major shift in global governance. This quick take is part of our Crisis Crossroads series, which highlights timely analysis by CSIS scholars on the evolving situation in Ukraine and its security, economic, energy, and humanitarian effects. ![]()
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