Why Russia's outrageous aggression in Ukraine matters to us all
25/02/22
Josie's Stuff column about Russia's invasion of Ukraine is here.
Russia’s outrageous aggression matters to us. It matters because of our values. Ukraine is a democracy, and we should take the side of liberal democracies everywhere, especially when they are threatened by outside violent authoritarians.
It matters because we need the rules-based international order and system of laws for resolving disputes between nations. Without it, the world reverts to the 19th-century rule of wars and nationalism that produced industrial-scale carnage.
Russia’s outrageous aggression matters to us. It matters because of our values. Ukraine is a democracy, and we should take the side of liberal democracies everywhere, especially when they are threatened by outside violent authoritarians.
It matters because we need the rules-based international order and system of laws for resolving disputes between nations. Without it, the world reverts to the 19th-century rule of wars and nationalism that produced industrial-scale carnage.
