COMPARATIVE STUDY ON RUSSIAN AND UKRAINE WAR: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Abstract

The application of systematic review approach in answering socio-political questions, although adjudged to be quite meticulous and reliable, has not been fully embraced in the field of political science. The objective of this study, is to document and apply this approach in answering the question of how some global geopolitical regions perceive the Russia-Ukraine war. Using the content analysis method the research selected and systematically reviewed 25 articles that cut across the Western, Asian and the African regions to determine their perspectives of the war and how these perceptions have influenced their level of involvements in the crisis. The findings of the study show that most Western based articles and governments and their alliances across other regions, considered Russia as the aggressor that need to be stopped at all cost, this believe is what informed the level of support they have given to Ukraine thus far. On the other hand, Asia journals and governments, while not overtly supporting the invasion, considered Western countries and their military alliance the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) expansionist conduct into Russia area of influence as the primary reason for Russian actions in Ukraine. African perception is that of neutral disposition without overtly committing resource and personnel to allied with any of the warring parties. The study therefore recommends that the U.S and its Western and other collaborators should stop the expansionist tendencies of NATO into Russia area of influence. Russia should also stop this war and other oppressive activities in Ukraine on the premise that the U.S and its cohorts give concrete commitment to stop further military expansion in the Asia region. Also, the global community should come together to assist Ukraine to rebuild its destroyed infrastructure and her economy in general.