APCSS alumnus Binoj Basnyat writes, "When the world is being wedged by COVID-19 the war now has added to the predicament. A third of global wheat and barley, over half of world’s sunflower seed oil is produced in Russia and Ukraine."

"The Russo-Ukraine War-II has divided South Asia, will polarize Europe, weaken Russia, is a hindrance to prosperity & stability, strategic concerns to smaller nation states and consequences of a long war. But opportunities exist."