TY - BOOK AU - KHUDOLEY Konstantin TI - New Russia-west confrontation: war of attrition or escalation? PY - 2022/// KW - RUSSIA-WEST RELATIONS KW - THE PRINCIPLE OF HISTORICISM KW - THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS KW - THE RUSSIA-WEST CONFLICT KW - RUSSIA KW - UKRAINE N2 - The article analyses the ongoing Russia-West confrontation manifested mainly in the armed conflict in Ukraine, the world's largest war of sanctions, a growing confrontation in cyberspace and politics, the erosion of the system of arms control treaties and a sharp reduction of cooperation in the humanitarian sphere. Russia and the West are fighting not only for influence in Ukraine but also over the future of international relations on a global scale in the coming decades. The most plausible development seems to be a war of attrition, which, however, does not rule out the risk of escalation UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09700161.2022.2149980 ER -