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Renaud Girard: "The counterproductive moralism of Westerners"

2022-07-11T18:49:49.073Z


CHRONICLE - The moral lesson is an outdated diplomatic instrument in the digital age. What matters is the soft power described by Joseph Nye.


On the occasion of the strategic upheaval constituted by the war in Ukraine, Westerners are beginning to understand that their moral lessons are no longer heard by the majority of the populations of the planet.

The West, this great bloc of industrialized liberal democracies (North America, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Australia), is the only one to have taken sanctions against Russia, to punish it for the war it is waging on the Ukraine since February 24, 2022.

Does this mean that the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America approve of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces?

No.

Because they are very attached to the United Nations Charter, which sanctifies the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all its members, young and old alike.

However, Ukraine is a sovereign country, recognized as such by the Russians for thirty years.

At the G20 summit of foreign ministers, held in Bali on July 7 and 8, 2022, these extra-Western countries…

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Source: lefigaro

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