The war in Ukraine is at the center of the annual report of the MunSecConf. Yet the brutal events of the last year there are taken as a means for posing broader questions about power dynamics in the international community. DW's wnglucroft explores.
The MSC, with its close financial and political ties to the German government, is not proposing any radical change to the liberal underpinnings of a Western-led world, which the conference is itself a part and defender of. The report largely tracks with the worldview of US PresidentAlliances, policies and public sentiment, however, do not break between the two so cleanly. The report points to governments of all stripes making decisions on an issue-by-issue basis.
How governments decide where to throw their support is not as clear-cut as the US-led backing for Ukraine might like. A complex set of interests are at play. "We might not really be supporting, say, UN Security Council resolutions, but that does not mean that we are supporting Russia," Gaurav Sharma, an India security analyst currently at the Academy of International Affairs in Bonn, told DW."When people abstain, it is thought of as indirect support. But it's not really.
"We never trusted — and I think nobody should trust, still not — the United States of America. And that's the biggest thing," Sharma said."We have a huge trust deficit."Is Russia's African charm offensive working?supports HTML5 videoA more accurate view of the world may be less about the cleft between democracy and autocracy than about that between the rule-makers and the rule-takers.
The report lays out a number of long-held grievances. They include agricultural, energy and trade policies that have exacted a steep price to participate in the global economy; failed promises to improve infrastructure that would boost competitiveness; and the unfair burden of climate change mitigation, including the financial tools needed to compensate poorer countries, in particular, for the consequences of a warmer planet.
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