Lukes Discusses Global Impacts of Russia-Ukraine Crisis

Igor Lukes, Professor of International Relations and History at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was interviewed for a Boston Globe article in which he discusses the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and how its reverberations will be felt around the world. 

The article, titled “Russian invasion of Ukraine would have global impact, specialists say,” details the global ramifications of Russia’s encroachment of Ukraine including increased fuel prices, plummeting stock values, and increased food costs.

Lukes applauded the United States’ response to Russian aggression to date arguing that the country “got ahead of the problem.” In the shadow of potential war, Lukes says that most Americans won’t feel its effects immediately; however, the long-term consequences could be profound.” Life will go on, Lukes argues, but “the United States would no longer be able to enjoy . . . a free, unrestricted world in which it could sell its products and ideas on a global scale.”

The full article can be read on the Boston Globe’s website.

Igor Lukes is a past winner of the 1997 Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 2020 winner of the Gitner Prize for Faculty Excellence at the Pardee School. He writes primarily about Central Europe. His work has won the support of various other institutions, including Fulbright, Fulbright-Hays, the Woodrow Wilson Center, IREX, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Read more about Professor Lukes on his faculty profile.