A residential building in the Ukrainian city of Lysychansk after intense shelling on March 31
A residential building in the Ukrainian city of Lysychansk after intense shelling on March 31 Perspectives on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine - Five Johns Hopkins experts discuss the nearand long-term global consequences of the conflict, including supply chain disruption, humanitarian disaster, and the heightened potential for a broader war - Now 36 days deep into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with millions displaced and untold numbers killed or maimed, the conflict continues to rage on-despite recent ambiguous peace talks. On Wednesday a group of Johns Hopkins experts gathered virtually to discuss the global ripple effects of the ongoing crisis, both nearand long-term. Below are highlights of the event, available to watch in full here. A new Iron Curtain?. The war in Ukraine signals the end of global supply chains as we've known them, according to Tinglong Dai , professor of operations management and business analytics at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. Historically, he said, our supply chains have operated on two key assumptions: the separation of geopolitics and business, and the belief that rational decision-making ultimately prevails. "Obviously these assumptions have been destroyed by Russia's action in Ukraine," Dai said.
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