Russia launched its special military operation against Ukraine on February 24th 2022. Since that day, thousands of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have died or been wounded. Tensions between Russia and U.S.-led western countries have kept rising, with Sweden and Finland quickly announcing bids to join the trans-Atlantic alliance NATO. Economically, the world was thrown into high inflation, energy disruptions, and food shortages, among other crises.

Yet the war is far from over today. An outright military victory by either side remains unclear, and a return to the negotiating table seems just as unlikely.

What has been the war's impact on global geopolitics? Are there any signs of a way out?

Host Liu Kun is joined by Xu Qinduo, host of the Dialogue on CGTN; Victor Gao, Chair Professor, Soochow University; Dr. Grigory Ioffe, Professor of Human Geography at Radford University; and Ronald Grigor Suny, Professor of History and Political Science at University of Michigan.