The War in Ukraine and Its Repercussions on World Countries

In this article, we will tackle the world war in Ukraine and its political, security, and economic impacts on many countries around the world:

The war in Ukraine boosted all European countries' interest in building new nuclear power plants or rehabilitating the old ones in order to reduce their dependence on Russian oil and gas.

Belgium, for example, changed its decision to keep two reactors that were scheduled to be closed. The Czech Republic also called on Western companies to supply them with nuclear fuel to replace Russian supplies.

Meanwhile, Poland is negotiating to build new reactors in a quiet coastal town. Britain also plans to build eight nuclear reactors and expand wind energy production in its efforts to reduce dependence on oil and natural gas from Russia and other foreign suppliers.

We must not forget that the growing interest in nuclear energy comes at a time when the war in Ukraine shows the risks of building Nuclear reactors on the front line with NATO

The economic repercussions

The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine could have serious negative political repercussions on the United States, Germany, France, and Britain, which are already evident in the rising inflation rates and the rising cost of living.

Moreover, if the war continued for several months, the economic troubles arising from energy prices, the resulting political pressures, and military aid would combine to undermine the Western governments' support for Ukraine.

In addition to the human and economic losses, the International Monetary Fund is concerned about the repercussions of the war on all parts of the world... In less than three weeks of conflict, the prices of energy, raw materials, and agriculture have risen sharply.

The impacts may be greater on commodities like wheat, which means that global food security is under threat, especially in some sub-Saharan African countries. There are 25 African countries that import more than a third of their wheat needs from Ukraine and Russia.

Also, Ukraine is the breadbasket of Europe, while Russia is one of the largest wheat exporters, and they together account for one-third of the world trade of wheat.

The Ukrainian wheat is mostly exported in the summer and fall seasons, and the longer the war, the greater the risk to exports, which will affect current and future reserves.

The war in Ukraine also led to a serious European and even global view of its internal military security and investment in this field, which was the point of endless criticism by former US President Donald Trump.

In this regard, Germany, for example, decided to reconsider its defense policy historically, by allocating a budget of 100 billion euros to its defense sector. Berlin also will allocate more than 2 percent of its GDP for its army until 2024.

Everyone, especially the US, is starting to be aware of the increasing military power of China, which is working to develop a new concept of war “the smart war.”

Chinese thinkers say that the basic operational concept of smart war is the direct control of the enemy’s will, in addition to using artificial intelligence to directly control the will of senior decision-makers in the United States, including the US President and members of Congress.

Last year, China launched a missile that traveled at five times the speed of sound, and the experience aroused widespread concern among senior officers in the US military.

A US Defense Intelligence Agency report noted that China's test of a hypersonic missile is part of an advanced arsenal of "space warfare"

The report stated that the missile test was part of China's stockpile of space-based guided weapons to strike US satellites used by the military for communications and precision-guided missiles.

The US focus on exposing intelligence related to Ukraine has formed a new front in the US information war with Russia.

US President Joe Biden endorsed an initiative to declassify information and share it with the public and allies, thus adopting a new approach based on the sharing of security information that was usually restricted to policy makers.

White House officials have dubbed this strategy as "reduce and share," which means declassifying information and data.