Ukraine, not the whole world tells the Western media what is happening
Not all the world tells how the Western media when it is happening in Ukraine. The latest vote at the UN Security Council is a mirror of this collects the fresco which is emerging significantly especially in the Asian media.
The draft US resolution al UN Council which “condemns the aggression of fly toUkraine”And calls for the withdrawal of Vladimir Putin’s troops in addition to the obvious Russian veto, he has collected the abstentions of China, India and the United Arab Emirates. At the last moment, in an attempt to obtain the greatest possible consensus, the text drawn up by the USA was replaced the term “condemnation” with “deplora” but the balances have not changed. If the resolution is not passed, because Russia has exercised its power of veto, what is most striking are the abstentions.
Ukraine. The Asian media: criticism of the US that no longer has hegemony
To understand something more, it would be necessary to investigate the concerns of the main Asian newspapers. While the Western media scramble over the predictable rhetoric of the Russian monster, it is from the beginning of the offensive that Asian newspapers have given a more problematic and less obvious representation of what is happening.
The picture even leaks out on newspapers from South Korea and Japan (among others Japan News, The Korea Herald) Countries that have strongly condemned the Russian attacks, where there is a growing concern about the US fragility and the establishment of a global jungle in which anyone can attack someone else, more or less legitimately or insanely, having possible claims.
In the popular Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun: “The invasion had the effect of highlighting a decline in the power of the United States as the main guardian of world order … The world should not be allowed to return to the old equilibrium (pre WWII, ed) when the leading powers they competed for hegemony in a power game where dog eats dog. Now that it is impossible to rely on a specific superpower to maintain world order, nations must work together to build a new order maintained not by power but by rules ”.
The new geopolitical arrangements, determined by the economic growth of China and India, did not coincide as a new equilibrium determined by the USA which has become a more fragile country. And there is no global table where the strings of the new structure are drawn that takes into account, as in the past, the dividing lines of existing powers.
Not to mention the considerations of Chinese newspapers that marry Russian motivations by arguing their reasons. As the China Daily: “What happened to Ukraine is not at all what US President Joe Biden did he called Russia ‘an unmotivated and unwarranted attack’. It is his administration that has continually escalated tensions by steadfastly ignoring Russia’s concerns for its security and forcing Moscow to accept that the threatening expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (UN, ed.) Was not the subject of negotiation “.
On the same line AsiaTimesBeyond all the rhetoric and sanctions, Washington would do better to clear his head and start thinking clearly. This is not happening right now, but it is essential for our safety and future well-being. At all costs, the US must do its best to calm the Russians and avoid a war that will spread rapidly if not contained and its underlying causes do not improve … The United States and its NATO partners arrogantly ‘pushed’ for Ukraine to be part of NATO, stating in the Bucharest Declaration of April 2008 that they intended to add Georgia and Ukraine to the NATO system“.
The Indian newspapers were unanimous in explaining their position to the Security Council. The abstention is motivated by the “aim of promoting dialogue and diplomacy staying away from the proposal. So that it can act as a bridge between the two sides and help find a solution as soon as possible. India believes that dialogue is the only best option to put an end to disputes and differences (Patrika) ”.
Ukraine. What would the United States have done if the Russians had found an ally 400 km from their capital, Washington, complete with weapons?
In the Asian newspapers, some more or less, while following the suffering of the Ukrainian people under attack, there is an increasing concern that the escalation could spread to the countries of Eastern Europe, with the danger of the use of nuclear weapons, inviting the USA to a more constructive reflection in the relationship with the Russians: one cannot expand indefinitely with NATO by pressing the Russians.
The sense of an alliance that had to transform after the fall of the Iron Curtain remains problem number one. The possible entry of Ukraine into NATO is seen by the Russians as a clear threat to their own security. And reversed parties wonder what the United States would have done if the Russians had found an ally 400 km from your capital, Washington, complete with weapons? Have they all forgotten the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, after the failed invasion of the Bay of Pigs by the Americans?
If Moscow’s attack on Ukraine is the consequence of a conflict that has lasted for years, partly interrupted by the Minsk agreements, a new balance must be found that takes into account the demands of the superpowers in the field. The reasoning of putting diplomacy back on track and a mediation table to cushion what is happening, before mutual accusations worsen the picture, could be less trivial than one thinks, also given the distances that have been revealed to the Security Council of the ‘UN with the latest resolution.
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