Living and fighting with Russia

While might must never make right, isolating Russia is not the answer. Global stability depends on the effective renegotiation of the ‘rules of the game’ if we are to avoid mutually destructive system failure.

Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has upended the fundamental pillar of the post-World War II order. PHOTO: AFP

On Feb 24, Russia invaded Ukraine, unleashing the largest military offensive in Europe since World War II.

The invasion has provoked revulsion and outrage around the world, triggering unprecedented economic sanctions by the international community and Russia's suspension from the United Nations' leading human rights body.

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