Global consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Grzegorz W. Kołodko is a distinguished professor of economics at Kozminski University (Warsaw, Poland). He is a key architect of Polish economic reforms and a public intellectual and politician. He was Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance in Poland, 1994-7 and 2002-3. He is a Member of Academia Europaea, and Director of Transformation, Integration, and Globalization Economic Research, TIGER, at Kozminski University. He is the world's most frequently cited economist from post-Communist countries, marathon runner, and globetrotter who has explored 170 countries and visited Antarctica.

1. In a dark shadow.- 2. This world of ours got into a trap.- 3. Nothing justifies Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.- 4. The US should not provoke Taiwan to declare independence.- 5. The fifth partition of Poland is being prepared?.- 6. How many years will this war last?.- 7. Against whom the people’s anger turns.- 8. The economics of sanctions work differently from their politics.- 9. Sanctions are intended to bring about the results desired by their enforcers.- 10. Great inflation is a delayed invoice for a pandemic and a prepayment for war.- 11. A very expensive war is getting even more expensive.- 12. Globalization has taken a few powerful blows but has not been knocked out.- 13. Help Ukraine to rise from the ruins.- 14. The Second Cold War is a world war.- 15. The more NATO grows, the less secure Europe is?.- 16. Nostalgia for authoritarian regimes sets in.- 17. All scenarios are black, although the geography of the frying will vary.- 18. Where to get these billions and trillions.- 19. Euro-Atlantic and Euro-Asian mega-systems can peacefully compete and cooperate.- 20. Something far worse than the seven plagues of the Bible.- Bibliography.- Index.