DW News published this video item, entitled “One year since Russia invaded Ukraine: Is the West out of touch with the Global South? | Global Eyes” – below is their description.
Ever since Russia started its war, the West has tried to enlist the countries in the Global South to come to the defense of Ukraine. The results have been mixed at best, even though the effects of the Ukraine war are being felt around the globe. The war in Ukraine took center stage at the Munich Security Conference, arguably the most important security conference in Europe. Our Global Eyes hosts Isha Bhatia and William Glucroft were on location for a special episode. Their guests include Lynn Kuok, senior fellow for Asia-Pacific security at International Institute for Strategic Studies, IISS, and Dan Smith, director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI. They talk about hunger, the framing of the Ukraine war, different policy priorities, the US-China rivalry, international law and why the West should treat the Global South with greater respect. Editorial team: Nina Werkhäuser and Matthias von Hein
00:00 Intro
02:32 Dan Smith on the grievances of the Global South in regard to the Ukraine war
05:54 Lynn Kuok, IISS, on effects of the Ukraine war and the Russia-China alignment
09:51 Lynn Kuok on international law, sovereignty, values and the framing of the conflict
11:09 Dan Smith on shadows of colonialism
13:14 Dan Smith on the Russia-China-US triangle
15:10 Lynn Kuok on the democracy versus autocracies framing
17:32 Lynn Kuok and Dan Smith on the importance of international law
22:31 Lynn Kuok on Europe’s role in the Indo-Pacific
25:02 Dan Smith on the multi-polar world order,
29:57 Lynn Kuok on China or other countries mediating in the Ukraine conflict
33:32 Dan Smith on the continued role of nation states, the prospects for peace in Ukraine
36:01 Lynn Kuok on the US-China competition, the deep seated suspicion between Washington and Beijing and the importance of the rule of law to keep this competition from escalating into kinetic conflict.
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