White House building in Washington DC, USA. File photoMOSCOW, 3 Apr. The United States failed to rally the world community against Russia during a special military operation in Ukraine, writes journalist Colum Lynch in Foreign Policy.
"Except for the closest friends and military allies of the United States in the West and East Asia , much of the world is not interested in joining the US-led campaign to isolate Russia. <…> Many countries have historical ties to Moscow that they are unwilling to give up, and fear that an economic blockade of Russia will inflict great damage on themselves, pushing up food and fuel prices and sowing the seeds for more hunger and instability within their own borders. boundaries", says Lynch.
The journalist pointed out that many countries are dissatisfied with the American policy of military interventions in the Middle East. As a result, key countries in Asia and Africa try to maintain good relations with both the US and Russia, and no African country has imposed sanctions on Moscow. jpg» />Business Insider: The West failed to paralyze the Russian economyAt the same time, even some US allies did not directly support Washington.
"Nowhere has the ambivalence been more evident than in the Middle East, where key US strategic allies Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have resisted US calls to isolate Russia and join US sanctions against it" Lynch.
As the expert explained, relations between the United States and the Arab monarchies deteriorated due to the position of the administration of President Joe Biden on the war in Yemen and the internal affairs of the Middle Eastern states.
The Polish prime minister acknowledged that anti-Russian sanctions did not work. India did not support the United States either, which did not vote for the anti-Russian resolution at the UN, and is now negotiating the import of Russian oil. In addition, the country's leadership did not criticize Moscow because of the situation in Ukraine, the journalist recalled. On February 24, Russian units launched a special military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal of the operation in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.