Since the start of the Ukraine crisis in 2022, countries in the Global South have not simply blindly followed the West's request to isolate and sanction Russia. Instead, they have pursued a new nonalignment stance...Since the start of the Ukraine crisis in 2022, countries in the Global South have not simply blindly followed the West's request to isolate and sanction Russia. Instead, they have pursued a new nonalignment stance that refuses to take sides. Countries in the Global South responded negatively to, and sometimes even outright opposed, the West's isolation of Russia through multilateral means. Some countries have passively cooperated with Western sanctions against Russia,while others have actively resisted them. Moreover, the countries of the Global South continue to maintain or even strengthen friendly bilateral exchanges with Russia. Indeed, when the Ukraine crisis emerged,countries in the Global South were facing their own urgent survival and development challenges. They were dissatisfied with the current liberal order and the selfish and narrow diplomatic behavior of the West. They have also grown stronger and more mature throughout the process of the global order becoming increasingly multipolar, and they anticipate that the future international order will better serve their interests. The countries of the Global South are becoming a stabilizing force in a turbulent and changing world, and they are promoting the development of an international order defined by multipolarity.展开更多
文摘Since the start of the Ukraine crisis in 2022, countries in the Global South have not simply blindly followed the West's request to isolate and sanction Russia. Instead, they have pursued a new nonalignment stance that refuses to take sides. Countries in the Global South responded negatively to, and sometimes even outright opposed, the West's isolation of Russia through multilateral means. Some countries have passively cooperated with Western sanctions against Russia,while others have actively resisted them. Moreover, the countries of the Global South continue to maintain or even strengthen friendly bilateral exchanges with Russia. Indeed, when the Ukraine crisis emerged,countries in the Global South were facing their own urgent survival and development challenges. They were dissatisfied with the current liberal order and the selfish and narrow diplomatic behavior of the West. They have also grown stronger and more mature throughout the process of the global order becoming increasingly multipolar, and they anticipate that the future international order will better serve their interests. The countries of the Global South are becoming a stabilizing force in a turbulent and changing world, and they are promoting the development of an international order defined by multipolarity.
