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Author Biography

Renny Candradewi Puspitarini is a doctoral candidate at Universitas Airlangga. Her academic work centers on the intersection of regional economies and resilience, with a specialized research focus on the impact and dynamics of sanctions within contemporary economic frameworks.

Kacung Marijan is a Professor of Political Science at Universitas Airlangga. A seasoned academic and lecturer, his extensive research portfolio focuses on the complex interplay of international politics and economy, contributing significantly to the understanding of global governance and institutional development.

Sartika Soesilowati is an Associate Professor and Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at Universitas Airlangga. Her scholarly expertise is primarily in gender studies and international security, exploring how gendered perspectives shape global security discourses and policy implementation.

Ahmad Iskandar Rahmansyah is a University Lecturer based in the Department of Economic and Digital Business at Panca Marga University. His research interests focus on audit and business resilience.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5038/1944.0472.19.3.2711

Subject Area Keywords

Conflict studies, Defense policy, Economics, Foreign policy, Global trends and risks, Homeland security, Russia, Security studies

Abstract

The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine prompted unprecedented Western sanctions, which amounted to more than 23,000 sanctions during 2022-2024. However, these sanctions failed to fulfill their designated objective of influencing the end of the Russia-Ukraine War. Russian responses to progressively augmented sanctions have sparked debates surrounding microeconomic sovereignty, macroeconomic adaptability, and, foremost, resilience. The article’s findings reveal that while sanctions have not brought the Russian Federation to acquiesce, they have catalyzed a structural, politically induced policy shift into a Complex Adaptive Resilience (CAR) framework. Russia's ability to build resilience against sanctions has been manifested structurally in its strategy to reinforce economic and strategic partnerships and in policies to maintain government expenditure and manage adequate economic growth. The article highlights how CAR functions as short-term survival, while also ensuring longer-term systemic stability. This study concludes that Russia’s current resilience is an asymmetrical approach to balance structural fragility embedded in its geopolitical complexities.

Acknowledgements

We express gratitude to the blind reviewers who have reviewed and made comments to our initial drafts. Their time and efforts have been useful and substantive to improve the final article.

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