2022 War

War in Ukraine

Name: War in Ukraine
Start: 2022

The Russian invasion brings sanctions, the reception of millions of refugees and candidacies from Ukraine and Moldova.

What leads to what

Declared chains of causation — debatable, like any reading of history.

Upstream

leads to Euromaidan 2013 Le choix européen de 2013 est contesté par les armes.

Downstream

leads to Candidate status for Ukraine 2022 Quatre mois entre l’invasion et le statut de candidat.
leads to Candidate status for Moldova 2022 La candidature moldave est examinée le même jour que l’ukrainienne.
leads to NATO accession of Finland 2023 Deux siècles de neutralité finlandaise s’achèvent en un an.
leads to NATO accession of Sweden 2024 La Suède suit la Finlande, avec un an de plus de négociations.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Within twenty-five years of 2022 — the context national timelines leave out.

same year Candidate status for Ukraine Ukraine
1 year later NATO accession of Finland Finland
2 years earlier NextGenerationEU
2 years earlier Brexit United Kingdom
2 years later NATO accession of Sweden Sweden
2 years earlier 2020 protests Belarus
6 years earlier British referendum
9 years earlier Euromaidan Ukraine

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Which long period

Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

European integration 1950 – 2030 From coal and steel to a Union of twenty-seven.

Countries involved

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What was written of it

A day will come when all of you, nations of the continent, without losing your distinct qualities and your glorious individuality, will merge closely into a higher unity, and will form the European brotherhood.

Victor Hugo 1849

Opening address to the Peace Congress, Paris

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