Are the spheres of power involved really that analogous? You say that the conflict in Ukraine is proof of a multipolar world, but I've heard the exact backwards argument as well.
Russia invading Ukraine is one of its final attempts at influence over the world, and it is failing miserably at it. The war in Ukraine is just evidence that Russia truly is a fallen state, we are seeing the small remains of a previous global pole.
Are the spheres of power involved really that analogous? You say that the conflict in Ukraine is proof of a multipolar world, but I've heard the exact backwards argument as well.
Russia invading Ukraine is one of its final attempts at influence over the world, and it is failing miserably at it. The war in Ukraine is just evidence that Russia truly is a fallen state, we are seeing the small remains of a previous global pole.