![]() The role played by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the release last month of 10 foreign POWs brought him back to international politics four years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. The war in Ukraine has created openings for anti-democratic players. the EU has failed to impose a ban on tourist visas for Russians.Įastern opportunities.Hungary has flatly rejected sanctions without so far being sanctioned itself in relation to the war.Germany has delayed committing to sanctions on Russia and military aid to Ukraine.The EU has not splintered but its solidarity in the face of Russia’s weaponisation of energy exports has been exposed as fragile. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has since asked for fast-track Nato membership, and been politely declined.Įurope. €œKey international institutions failed to prevent Russia’s war of aggression and conquest,†Ivo Daalder from Chicago Council says, adding Nato, which said it would not intervene directly, to the list. the UN and the International Human Rights Commission have been unable to get access to the Olenivka prison camp where 52 Ukrainian POWs were killed in July. ![]() an OSCE monitoring mission deployed to eastern Ukraine in 2014 left the country the day after the invasion and has not been able to return and.the International Atomic Energy Agency has not been able to guarantee nuclear safety at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, occupied by Russian army.Russia is still a member of the UN Security Council. ![]() Putin’s supposed annexation of four regions of Ukraine on Friday has been condemned by the EU, US, UN and UK, but Minor tyrants have been made to look respectable compared with Putin, and this disorder may take longer to fix than it takes Ukraine to win on the battlefield. World bodies that kept a place for Russia have been made to look ridiculous. This war has upended what the first President Bush called the New World Order. Anyone who wants a rules-based international order will hope for similar news from Donetsk itself, Severodonetsk, Luhansk, Lysychansk, Mariupol and Kherson for the end of Putinism and a long-delayed Russian reckoning with history.Âīut that is an extravagant hope. This morning there are reports of the Russian front collapsing in parts of the south. The Ukrainian flag was flying in Lyman within 24 hours of Putin’s annexation of Donetsk.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |