“Every time Trump or members of his administration have lashed out at Europe, including Ukraine, Europeans have absorbed the blow with a forced smile and bent over backwards to flatter the White House.” (…)
“While a systemic answer to Europe’s security conundrum is not in sight, Europeans do have the levers to prevent Ukraine’s capitulation and create the conditions for a just peace.”
I’ll be the first to admit I am very ignorant about the geopolitics of this war, but how can this possibly be true? India could stop trade relations with Russia; China could invade Russia; the global south could conscript and send armies to support Ukraine. I’m not saying these countries would or even should do these things, but isn’t an analysis self-defeating if we just assume only EU & US have any influence?
I don’t think I have been so involved in the Russian agression on Ukraine and thus my opinion may be quite laconic.
However, your point hit the nail, why only the EU and the US are the ones following up actions against Russia or helping Ukraine?
Unfortunately, I found myself the answer it’s not in their best interest, China feels comfortable being the new country who all the others depend on(I think there are already a couple of articles shared in this thread pointing that out). India the same, they get cheap gas from Russia since the EU doesn’t want it anymore.
The global south unfortunately some of them are already in China’s wallet especially South American countries, they have several loans from China, and as usual due to the huge distance and being unaffected by the conflict they are not interested in doing so(Zelenskyy pointed this out when he said you think you are safe because there is a huge ocean between you and Russia when he met Trump in the White House a few months ago).