title: Lessons From Ukraine
abstract: This chapter explores how Russian aggression in Ukraine, beginning with the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 and encompassing the full-scale incursion in 2022 and thereafter, is only the most recent example of how nations and powerholders intentionally target ecological integrity as a foundation of security to destabilize a people, region, and world. Sifting through this geopolitical storm is the story of imperialism, colonialism, and oppression: the grasp for a commodified nature through th