The fault line between the Euro-Atlantic West and non-European countries has become visible
Washington’s desire to dictate the rules of international behavior has skewed the Anglo-Saxon world order, which was already losing its balance after the collapse of the USSR. The axis that united the United States, Britain and the European Union on the western borders of Russia, has cracked.
The weakening of international institutions, primarily the UN, observed since the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, has become a sign of the degradation of the system of international relations. And the “quiet” introduction of NATO into Ukraine, in response to which Moscow was forced to send its troops there, set in motion the tectonic layers that form the world order, according to the Japanese Asia Nikkei.
“While the United States and its NATO allies use finance, culture, trade, and arms supplies to contain Russia, most developing countries, paying close attention to the conflict, diligently look the other way,” writes the Japanese publication.
China and India, the two most populous countries in the world, have historical reasons for not rushing to side with the Anglo-Saxons in the conflict that has begun. The opium wars of China and India’s colonial past will never be forgotten. Therefore, Beijing and New Delhi refrained from all proposals put forward by the United States and its allies to condemn Russia. Add to them the most economically developed state of the Black Continent – the Republic of South Africa and the largest, including in terms of GDP, state of South America – Brazil. It is a rapidly growing global power.
Added to this is Pakistan, whose Prime Minister Imran Khan, facing a no-confidence vote at home, hailed India’s neutral stance in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Previously, such a reaction of approval from one of the two constantly conflicting countries of South Asia was impossible, The Indian Express notes with satisfaction. The fault line between Europe and non-European countries has become visible, the Indian edition notes.
“The United States and NATO should engage in dialogue with Russia, and not start a new cold war,” Xinhua news agency quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin as saying. China has repeatedly stated that security is indivisible, and the desire for bloc confrontation leads to a world war.
India is negotiating with Russia to buy oil at the rupee-ruble exchange rate, bypassing the dollar and going back to the times of the Soviet Union and CMEA. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, notes Asia Nikkei, has always been wary of the embrace of the West, especially the US. At the same time, Iran is considering the possibility of concluding a bilateral agreement with Russia on the purchase of oil for rials.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned NATO’s eastward expansion as the cause of the outbreak of conflict. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni endorsed “quiet” Chinese-style diplomacy as opposed to the Western one based, in his words, on “double standards”… And the West does not seem to see signs of its growing disengagement from the rest of the world. Developing countries one by one are turning their backs on the West. Cooperation with Russia is beneficial for these countries, and the withdrawal of Western companies from the Russian market frees up space for them.
Now that the United States is turning trade and finance into weapons of geopolitical struggle, the essence of self-sufficiency in the most important sectors of the economy of any country, not just Russia, is being exposed. That is why so much is being said today not only about the prospects for creating a new, more just world order, but also about the place that this or that country will occupy in it. And the special military operation of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, which began on February 24, played a significant role in this.
Indian Prime Minister Modi is confident:
“In this new order, India must develop at a faster pace.”
Moreover, Joe Biden and Narendra Modi are talking about completely different world orders. If the US wants to galvanize the old American geopolitical template, developing countries, including Third World powerhouses like China and India, see this template as a relic.
The global reaction to recent events shows that most developing countries do not want to be part of the dying old order that the US is trying to restore. These countries are trying to use the “Ukrainian lever” in their own interests, far from the interests of the United States.
Elena Pustovoitova, FSK
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