It may be argued that the end of the Cold War, America’s triumphalism, the trauma of 9/11, the acceleration of globalisation, and the consolidation of a liberal international order together laid the foundations of what the 21st century now confronts as a ‘polycrisis’. We are witnessing the simultaneous unfolding of multiple, interconnected, and mutually reinforcing crises — financial instability, climate stress, technological disruption, supply-chain vulnerabilities, and the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet it would not be incorrect to suggest that the defining rupture of this polycrisis has been the 2022 war in Ukraine, whose cascading consequences continue to reshape global politics. The...