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 Volume 10, Issue 10 (October 2023), Pages: 86-93

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 Original Research Paper

Russia-Ukraine conflict: An analysis of geopolitical alignments in Asian countries

 Author(s): 

 Azlizan Mat Enh *, Muhammad Nor Hazmi Bin Awg Lah, Suffian Mansor, Al-Amril Othman

 Affiliation(s):

 Research Center for History, Politics and International Affairs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2181-6178

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.10.010

 Abstract

This article analyzes the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the geopolitics of Asian countries, by assessing changes in their inclination towards neutrality, criticism of Russia, or support for Russia. Despite the abundance of literature on the topic, few publications have focused on the conflict's effects on Asia. Thus, this article provides a unique perspective by offering a comprehensive view of the geopolitical positions of Asian countries, compared to existing research. The article examines the factors influencing a country's foreign policy orientation, including economic, military, and geographical factors. The study evaluates the positions of Asian nations in the conflict by analyzing their voting records in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and UN resolutions. These sources highlight the details of the conflict. The research methodology is qualitative and relies on library research, with a focus on online newspaper sources like CNN, BBC, The Guardian, and Al-Jazeera. These newspaper sources were chosen because of their comprehensive coverage of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and their focus on geopolitical reactions by Asian nations, which are not extensively discussed in other media. The article is also backed by credible sources including the World Bank Group, official government reports, and research papers from various authors. The findings of the study indicate that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has a significant impact on the domestic and foreign policies of Asian countries.

 © 2023 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Russia, Ukraine, Geopolitics, Foreign policy, UNGA

 Article history

 Received 17 May 2023, Received in revised form 9 September 2023, Accepted 21 September 2023

 Acknowledgment 

This study is under the funding of the Fundamental Grant Research Scheme (FRGS) with Research Code FRGS/1/2021/SSI0/UKM/02/1 and MPOB-UKM Endowment Chair Research Scheme with Research Code MPOB-UKM-2022-006. The researcher would like to thank the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, MPOB, and the relevant RMIC for funding this research.

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Enh AM, Lah MNHBA, Mansor S, and Othman A (2023). Russia-Ukraine conflict: An analysis of geopolitical alignments in Asian countries. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(10): 86-93

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