The limits of weaponised interdependence after the Russian war against Ukraine

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ID12531908
AuthorsVinícius G Rodrigues Vieira (0000-0001-7295-7723, Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP), São Paulo, Brazil, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume44
Issue4
Pages642-660
Publication date2023-09-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueArms Control (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0144-0381 • E-ISSN: 1743-8764
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13523260.2023.2256065
OpenAlexW4387022949
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited33

The idea of weaponised interdependence has led many to believe that Russia would not invade Ukraine due to the high costs of sanctions, including through the Western-backed SWIFT system of financial payments. Although Russia's economy has been facing shortcomings, the Russian leadership thrived in part due to connections beyond the West. This article argues that scholars have missed the fact that, more than being interdependent with the West, rising states have been decoupling from the United States and the European Union. Emerging powers, particularly China and Russia, have expanded their trade network and built their own financial infrastructure. Those transformations call for a less Western-centric International Relations (IR) scholarship. Scholars should furthermore not only focus on theories of Neoliberal Institutionalism, but also consider contributions from Realism and Marxism to International Political Economy (IPE)

China · Economic interdependence · Economics · Economy · Institutional economics · Institutionalism · Interdependence · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sanctions · Scholarship · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy

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