The United Nations and the Russia –Ukraine Conflict

Jackson Tobokaye Timiyan, Esekumenu V. Clark, Franklins A. Sanubi

Abstract


This study examined the United Nations and the Russia-Ukraine conflict with special focus on the mediation role of the United Nations in the face of the conflict. It painstakingly analyzed the root causes of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict from State, Regional and Global perspectives. The study adopted the historical research design which accounted for the qualitative nature of the data analysis. It also adopted the conflict theoretical framework in analyzing the variables of the study. The study found out that the realpolitik of the 5 permanent (P5) members of the Security Council has rendered the United Nations impotent in resolving conflicts. Amongst others, the study recommends that effort should be made by the United Nations to check the overbearing Cold War mentality between Russia and America. It further recommends that the UN should step down its mediation role and allow other critical actors with relatively neutral posture such as China, Turkey, India, South Africa etc to mediate with a view to achieving rapprochement between Russia and Ukraine

Keywords


Russia-Ukraine conflict, United Nations

Full Text:

PDF

References


Ademmer, E. (2014). “Interdependence and EU-Demanded Policy Change in a Shared Neighbourhood.” Journal of European Public Policy 22(5): 671–689.

Andreas Umland (2019). Role Theory and European Foreign Policy: A Framework of Analysis,” in O. Elgström and M. Smith, editors, The European Union’s Roles in International Politics. Abingdon: Routledge.available at: http://europa.eu/globalstrategy/en (accessed 7 September 2016).

Barber, K. & Foy, E.W. (2019). The Middle East Quartet and (In) Effective Multilateralism.” The Middle East Journal 67(1): 29-44.

Barrett, M. (2018). Information, Bias, and Mediation Success.” International Studies Quarterly 52(1): 25–47

Blidaru, P. (2018). Mediating International Conflicts: The European Union as an Effective Peacemaker?” Journal of Common Market Studies 53(5): 957–975.

Datskevych, I. (2019). “The Impact of the Normandy Format on the Conflict in Ukraine: Four Leaders, Three Cease-fires, and Two Summits.” Center for Strategic and International Studies. October 23. At: https://www.csis.org/analysis/impact -normandy-format-conflict-ukraine-four-leaders-three-cease-fires-and-two-summits

Eurasian Geopolitics, (2014a). Regional Organisations and International Mediation: The Effectiveness of Insider Mediators.” African Journal of Conflict Resolution 3(1): 11–27.

Zwolski, K. (2018). The European Union and the Palestinian Question (1957–2013): Soft Diplomacy and Hard Realities.” Institute Medea Publications.

Kanet, Roger E. (2015). “The Failed Western Challenge to Russia’s Revival in Eurasia?” International Politics 52(5) 503–522.

Lakomy, U.G. (2016). The State of the Art on the External Image of the EU.” Journal of European Integration, 36: 1–16.

Levada Y. (2017). International Mediation: The Multiple Realities of Third Party Intervention. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.

Mearsheimer, J. (2014). “Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault: The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin.” Foreign Affairs 93 (5): 77-89. JSTOR.

Olzacka, E. (2017). “Understanding the Conflict in Eastern Ukraine: The Role of Cultural Context.” Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne, 23-38.

Ray, U. (2015). Uneasy Neighbors: Israel and the European Union. Lanham: Lexington Books.

Sperling, V. (2015). Who Brings Which Peace? Neutral versus Biased Mediation and Institutional Peace Arrangements in Civil Wars.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 53, 3: 446–469.

TASS, (2018). The Middle East Quartet and (In)effective Multilateralism.” The Middle East Journal 67(1): 29-44.

Sperling, V. (2015).Talking Peace: International Mediation in Armed Conflicts.” Journal of Peace Research 51(2): 315–327.

Zwolski, K. (2018). Introduction: bias, prenegotiation and Leverage in Mediation.” International Negotiation 13: 305–310.


Article Metrics

Abstract has been read : 370 times
PDF file viewed/downloaded: 0 times


DOI: http://doi.org/10.25273/she.v4i2.17684

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright (c) 2023 Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Journal (SHE Journal)

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

SHE Journal managed and published by Universitas PGRI Madiun (UNIPMA), Indonesia

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

 

View My Stats