5 Political Events that Shaped 2022

Jakub Ferencik
6 min readJun 20, 2022

The pandemic is quieting down but future waves are still not out of the picture. Inflation is high. Interest rates are up. A recession is looming. The war in Ukraine displaced millions of people and changed Europe. A global wheat shortage, as a result, is threatening to starve millions, perhaps resulting in more refugees.

But how did we get here?

What were the events that shaped 2022?

Here’s my list of 5 big events that shaped 2022 and why you should care about them in order to understand the problems of today.

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Jakub Ferencik

Author of “Up in the Air,” “Beyond Reason,” & "Surprised by Uncertainty" on AMAZON | MA McGill Uni | 750+ articles with 1+ mil. views