One unforeseen yet vividly manifested consequence of the Ukraine conflict is the rediscovery of national interests among the countries not directly involved in the war. Squeezed between the rock of Western sanctions pressure and the hard place of their own economic and security realities, many nations have been forced to make carefully calibrated choices instead of following somebody else’s lead. How will this newly found geopolitical maturity reshape the international system? To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, Professor at the School of Politics and International Relations at Quaid-i-Azam University.
