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Ukraine war: Opinion

Opinion | In Ukraine and Gaza, China’s great power comes with great responsibility

Beijing is starting to have a say in regions where it has traditionally downplayed any security role, but this comes at a cost.

9 Aug 2024 - 6:05AMvideocam

Opinion | A chance for peace in Ukraine will come. Asia must prepare to seize it

24 Apr 2024 - 9:39PM

Opinion | The real reason Macron openly suggested Western troops in Ukraine

19 Mar 2024 - 10:13AMvideocam

On Balance | What hope for remnants of US Republicans fighting Trump’s authoritarian drift?

The former president, who looks set to win the party nomination for another White House run, can be expected to bring the US more in alignment with Putin’s Russia, with help from the likes of senators Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz.

20 Feb 2024 - 6:52AMvideocam

Former president Donald Trump (centre left) sits in the courtroom before the start of closing arguments in his civil business fraud trial at the New York Supreme Court on January 11. Public attention on the multimillion-dollar court rulings against Trump has overshadowed that on the repercussions of Trump’s Nato speech. Photo: Pool Photo via AP

Opinion | To avert a bigger war, Europe should use diplomacy, not fear

Nato wants to ramp up its munitions production and its European members are also keen to develop self-reliance amid US preoccupation with other concerns. But using Russia as a bogeyman is disingenuous.

19 Feb 2024 - 8:40PM

Opinion | Trump doesn’t know how Nato works. We should be worried

While previous US leaders have at times expressed frustration with the alliance, they also regularly affirmed their commitment to Nato and its pledge of collective defence. Not so Trump, who neither cares for Nato nor understands that deterrence won’t work if a key member cannot be trusted to enforce the line.

16 Feb 2024 - 5:24PMvideocam

Opinion | As Biden’s approval ratings slip, should self-preservation trump morality?

More voters see Biden as doing too much for the likes of Ukraine and not enough for the US economy, which could help Trump return as president – and risk democracy and the global order. Biden must prevent this at all costs.

20 Dec 2023 - 12:55PM

US President Joe Biden at a press conference during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ week in Woodside, California, on November 15. Photo: AFP

Opinion | Ukraine and Gaza wars have put the West in the dock of public opinion

The West’s unqualified support for Ukraine and Israel has lost it the support of the rest of the world and arguably hurt its moral standing.

3 Nov 2023 - 8:30PM

Opinion | Ukraine war: why the summer offensive is failing

The US and Nato are providing combat training based on Middle East battles when Ukraine is fighting a completely different war. Amid rising stress and arms shortages, no wonder the counteroffensive is sputtering.

7 Oct 2023 - 5:58AMvideocam

My Take | Why the Ukrainian blitzkrieg tanked in latest counteroffensive

Controversial US political scientist John Mearsheimer argues the much-touted counter-attack against Russia was doomed from the start

11 Sep 2023 - 9:00PM

Ukrainian tanks take part in a training exercise in the Chernigiv region on September 8, 2023. Photo: AFP

Opinion | China should use its sway to push Russia to negotiate with Ukraine

Politically and economically, China is superior to Russia in an unequal alliance that has seen growing Russian dependence. If Xi can craft an exit from war in Europe, China’s geopolitical stock will rise further.

26 Jul 2023 - 3:30AMvideocam

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 20. Photo: AP

Opinion | Can Ukraine rely on the West to supply the arms in a war of attrition?

The West is struggling to keep up war supplies to Ukraine while Russia digs in and drags it out, knowing it has more ammunition.

24 Jul 2023 - 8:53AMvideocam

Opinion | How a China-brokered peace deal on the Korean peninsula would benefit all

With economic prosperity on a Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons and US troops, Xi Jinping would secure his legacy as a top statesman and China’s peaceful rise as a world power.

26 Jun 2023 - 3:30AMvideocam

Inside Out | Ukraine rebuilding costs are huge, but the world can afford it

Even if Putin cannot be made to pay the massive bill, Ukrainians can be moderately confident the world will ensure it is covered. Importantly, this is a sober reminder of the grim costs of war and the absolute imperative to avoid it.

10 Apr 2023 - 1:00AMvideocam

People sit in a shelter in Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, on January 19, after residents were left with no electricity, heating, water or gas. Photo: EPA-EFE

Opinion | Ukraine war: why China’s peace road map is the only one on the table

State information campaigns are driving escalation, as are increased losses on both sides. Normalisation will require neutral arbiters who highlight common ground, such as that offered by trade in key commodities. Currently, China is the sole remaining neutral superpower.

23 Mar 2023 - 8:15AMvideocam

Chinese President Xi Jinping, accompanied by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, walks past honour guards at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport on March 20. Photo: Kommersant / AFP

Opinion | What if a US under Trump or DeSantis turns its back on the Ukraine war?

With both expected Republican presidential candidates opposing continued US support for Ukraine, Putin now has hope that the Western alliance will shatter. But if America allows Putin to destroy Ukraine and not pay the price, these Russian tactics will spread and become the new normal.

23 Mar 2023 - 5:21AMvideocam

Opinion | The Global South are falling out of love with the West’s liberal order

Shifting balances of power, the West’s intransigence over Ukraine and the poor outcomes of its foreign interventions have left the Rest wary. The romance with the West is well and truly over.

11 Mar 2023 - 4:24AMvideocam

Inside Out | West vs the rest: as Ukraine war rift grows, peace must be the priority

Best way forward is for Western leaders to seriously consider China’s peace plan, Russia’s angst and the Global South’s concerns and priorities. There must be a call for an immediate cessation of conflict and an honest search for a fair and balanced compromise.

5 Mar 2023 - 9:32PMvideocam

Protesters shout slogans during a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in downtown Seoul, South Korea, on February 25. Photo: AP

Opinion | Time for China to use influence with Putin to create room for peace

If China chooses to double down on an uncritical alliance with Russia, and supply it with military material, it risks US and EU sanctions. The better option would be for China to use its leverage and closeness with Russia to broker an end to the war.

1 Mar 2023 - 3:17AMvideocam

Wagner fighters capture Ukrainian village near Bakhmut, claims Russian mercenary

‘The Wagner private military company secured complete control of the locality of Yagodnoye (Yahidne) to the north of Bakhmut,’ Yevgeny Prigozhin said.

26 Feb 2023 - 1:48AM

Opinion | A year on, nations must stand united against Russia’s war on Ukraine

One year into Putin’s act of aggression, UN members must support the resolution to condemn the war on Ukraine. Asian leaders in particular need to stand up and be counted.

21 Feb 2023 - 3:30AMvideocam

Pedestrians look at the destroyed Russian military vehicles at an open air exhibition of destroyed Russian equipment in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 5. Photo: AFP

Reflections | Russia-Ukraine war seem long? China’s longest dragged on for 300 years

Russia invaded Ukraine 11 months ago. That’s a blink of an eye when you consider the Hundred Years’ War, The Crusades, or China’s 289-year war with northern nomads.

9 Jan 2023 - 7:45AM

A Ukrainian tank crew greet residents of Kherson region in November, 2022, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Photo: AFP

On Balance | How 2022 brought the democratic West together

The US succeeded in strengthening global alliances in 2022 while opponents like Russia face growing exclusion, making for a better year for Biden than many would have expected. That said, the US-led order will continue to face hurdles from within in 2023.

3 Jan 2023 - 4:54AM

Macroscope | What financial markets need in 2023: peace in Ukraine

In addition to the massive human cost, the war has hurt global stability and growth prospects, wreaking chaos on energy markets. The introduction of a peace premium into expectations could easily lift global equity prices by the 20 per cent lost last year.

3 Jan 2023 - 12:17AMvideocam

Opinion | After uniting against Russia, the West is applying the same approach to Iran

Following the success of a swift collective response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Western countries are now coordinating efforts to sanction Iran for human rights abuses.

31 Dec 2022 - 3:30AMvideocam

People protest against executions and detentions in Iran, in front of the Iranian Permanent Mission to the UN in New York, US, on December 17. Photo: AFP

Opinion | China has options beyond Russia in navigating geopolitics of technology

China’s most important technological partners are not in Russia but in US-allied countries such as Germany and Japan. Until the US brings down the hammer on its friends and partners, the door will remain partly open to China as long as it doesn’t fully side with Russia.

9 Dec 2022 - 2:40AMvideocam

Opinion | Global protests are the result of years of neglect

The pandemic, war, inflation and livelihood losses have left many around the world feeling desperate. For too long, those feelings have been overlooked by those in power, who prefer to stick to their own mandates.

3 Dec 2022 - 1:53AMvideocam

Editorial | Surge in China-US diplomatic activity welcomed by world

Foreign Minister Wang Yi has raised hopes of a meeting between countries’ presidents following talks with American envoy and counterpart Antony Blinken.

2 Nov 2022 - 5:24AM

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Ukraine war: Opinion

Russian forces invaded Ukraine in late February 2022, turning Moscow into a global pariah in the worlds of finance, diplomacy, sports and culture, as the West punished it with sanctions. President Vladimir Putin called Russia’s actions - which have triggered the worst refugee crisis in Europe since World War II - a “special military operation”. Nuclear-armed Russia has warned of consequences if Nato interferes in Ukraine, while strategic ally China urges a peaceful, diplomatic solution.

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9 September, 2024