Russia’s invasion of Ukraine causes changes in geopolitics, economy, culture and sports around the world.
The special panel War in Ukraine, mediated by the International CNN Lourival Sant’Anna, this Saturday (5th), brought three specialists to debate the main aspects of this war: Roberto Abdenur, former Brazilian ambassador to Washington; Elena Lazarou, professor of International Relations at FGV; and David Nemer, a professor at the University of Virginia and experts in digital networks.
For Roberto Abdenur, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia is a very serious fact at the international level. He recalled the conflict that took place in Europe in the 1990s – in the Balkans – with the implosion of Yugoslavia, but highlighted that the conflict did not take place in the center of Europe.
“Now we are seeing a spontaneous, very harsh reaction from across Europe, NATO, USA, Canada, Japan and beyond economic and cultural sanctions; there is a widespread repudiation of this invasion,” he said.
Abdenur also commented on the threat of using nuclear weapons. “The threat of resources for nuclear weapons is very serious, throughout the cold war there was the threat of a nuclear war, fortunately it was avoided through negotiations. I am not saying that Putin has his finger on the trigger, but simply putting Russian nuclear forces on high alert is naturally a threat not only to Ukraine, to Europe, but to the entire world,” he said.
International Relations professor Elena Lazarou, who currently lives in Brussels, spoke about the climate in Europe since the beginning of the conflict. The specialist highlights the feeling of “a change of era”, where before we lived in peace and now the predominance is of insecurity.
“There is a real sense of change of time, in Brussels the feeling is that an era has closed and a new era has opened, a generation of Europeans who were born, grew up and live in an expectation of peace, all of this now comes into question and we can feel it in the air. There is also a sense of great conflict between the liberal world and the authoritarian world, a world that does not know democracy, freedom of expression,” he said.
“Across Europe there is a sense of insecurity, but also of great solidarity for the people of Ukraine,” added Lazarou.
Professor at the University of Virginia, in the United States, David Nemer is an expert in digital networks and spoke about cyber threats in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
“On social networks there is a mapping of what we see from the local feeling, the western world remains united with Ukraine, and showing this solidarity also in the digital world. What is new in this war, unfortunately, is cyber warfare, what we now call hybrid warfare, where we not only have physical attacks but also in the virtual environment,” said Nemer.
Watch the full debate in the video above.
Source: CNN Brasil
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