THE NEW NEUTRALITY in a Multipolar World

Nie wieder Krieg! Putin verstehen. Lügen erkennen.

Europe in a Multipolar World – Project Syndicate

Jun 9, 2014 

ByVolker Perthes

atlas complexityOne aspect of the Ukraine crisis that both Russia and the West need to understand is that the rest of the world appears to be relatively unconcerned about it. Though the West, along with Japan, may view the crisis as a challenge to the global order, most other states do not feel threatened by Russia’s annexation of Crimea or designs it may have elsewhere in Ukraine.

Instead, many view this crisis as being largely about Europe’s inability to resolve its own regional disputes – though a successful outcome could bolster Europe’s global influence as a peacemaker… As emerging powers’ reactions to the Ukraine crisis demonstrate, world politics is no longer defined by what happens in Europe, even when a major conflict is brewing there.

The international system has become so multi-polar that non-European states can now…

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