In the global South, notwithstanding many other reasons for violence, there are no such military alliances and security apparatuses. Yet Western sanctions will impoverish civilian Russians as in the past they have impoverished Iranians, Iraqis and North Koreans. The global South can refuse to be part of the global power game. However, China’s policy is no longer built around the global South, and the Soviet union is no more. The global South, by refusing to play the game of the North and being neutral, may be a pointer in that direction.

Source: Libya Today May 27, 2022 18:29 UTC