Author : Anmol mukhia
Keyword : Ukraine, russia, threat, perceived threat
Subject : Multidisciplinary
Article Type : Short communication
Article File : Full Text PDF
Abstract : In the era of the 21st century, while choosing friends and allies against adversaries and enemies, perception plays a vital role in dictating state foreign policy. The geopolitical location of Ukraine lies between Russia and Poland. The entire country of Ukraine is divided ethnically and linguistically, with Ukrainian speakers on the west side and the majority of Russian speakers on the east. This demarcates people on the western side of Ukraine as being interested in the European Union vis-à -vis NATO, while the people on the eastern side are not interested in being a part of any of it. The theory of “perception and misperception†in international politics allows multidisciplinary scholars to thoroughly study and discuss the systematic application of cognitive psychology in understanding political decision-makers. The leaders are perceived to deal with certain states based on historical analogy and also fall into the tendency of misperception by overestimating their influence. This response to a “special military operation†in Ukraine is viewed from this psychological perspective, which can be an analytical module in understanding the recent Russian-Ukraine crisis.
Article by : Anmol Mukhia
Article add date : 2022-07-13
How to cite : Anmol mukhia. (2022-July-13). A perceived threat in the russian-ukraine crisis. retrieved from https://openacessjournal.com/abstract/1100