(International Observation) The Political Chapter of the "World Shockwave" of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict -- The Profound Evolution of the World Order The US hegemony has lost its way and is helpless

Beijing, 10 May (Xinhua) -- The Political Chapter of the "World Shockwave" of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict -- Profound Evolution of the World Order The US hegemony has lost its way and is helpless

Xinhua News Agency reporter Willow

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict is still ongoing, and its impact on the international pattern is constantly emerging. When the United States is preaching the so-called "unprecedented unity" of the West, what many international observers have seen is that the differences in interests between the United States and Europe are difficult to resolve, most developing countries refuse to impose sanctions on Russia, and the trend of US hegemony and lack of help has become clearer.

The "emergency solidarity" between the United States and Europe is difficult to last

Analysts pointed out that on the surface, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has temporarily strengthened the ties with the United States in many European countries that are highly dependent on the United States for security. However, in the process of escalating the Crisis in Ukraine, the United States and Europe sacrificed European interests and maintained the hegemony of the United States. This unequal relationship and differences of interest are difficult to eliminate, coupled with the difference in geographical location, which determines that the two sides are actually just an "emergency unity" stimulated by the crisis, which is doomed to be difficult to last.

Angusto Zamoral, a former professor of international law and international relations at the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain, recently wrote a sharp article to pierce the mind of the United States: "The United States knows that it is impossible to fight alone, so it is eager to recruit countries that are willing to pay a considerable part of their budget to make up for the disadvantages of the United States and can serve as cannon fodder in the war against Russia." This could explain why the United States refuses to negotiate security issues with Russia, because the issue is not Ukraine's independence and sovereignty, but Ukraine as a trap so that Europe blindly collectively assumes its role as the Atlantic flank of the United States. ”

On the one hand, the American fisherman Deli made a big "war fortune." After the escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Canada and Germany plan to purchase 88 and 35 F-35 stealth fighters from the US Lockheed Martin Company, respectively, Poland plans to purchase several MQ-9 "Death" UAVs produced by the US General Atomic Corporation, and some Eastern European countries intend to purchase the US "Stinger" portable surface-to-air missiles and "Javelin" anti-tank missiles. The United States also took advantage of the severe shortage of natural gas supply in Europe and quickly reached an agreement with the European Union to provide at least 15 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas to the EU market this year.

On the one hand, the European economy and people's livelihood have been seriously impacted. European food and energy prices soared as a result of sanctions against Russia, with eurozone inflation rising to a record high of 7.5 percent in March, with inflation in the baltic countries and the Netherlands even reaching double digits. According to the latest forecast of the International Monetary Fund, the growth rate of advanced and emerging economies in Europe will slow to 3% and 3.2% this year, respectively, down by 1 percentage point and 1.5 percentage points respectively from the forecast released in January this year.

The United States gains and Europe suffers, which makes the "unity" of the two lack a solid foundation. Mikale Geraci, Italy's former deputy minister of economic development, said Western sanctions against Russia were essentially hurting Europe, while the United States paid the lowest cost. "The U.S. motivation to end the conflict quickly does not exist, because it is the Europeans who are paying the greatest price."

Developing countries refuse to take sides

The United States is the initiator of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and it has also imposed extreme sanctions on Russia on the grounds of conflict, wantonly harming the interests of other countries, and making many developing countries further aware of the selfishness and hegemony of the United States. Therefore, on the issue of sanctions against Russia, many countries have refused to exert pressure and coercion by the United States, which fully shows that the hegemony of the United States is unpopular.

The US "Anti-War" website recently published an article by John Walsh, a professor at the University of Massachusetts, saying that after the escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, most countries in the world did not stand on the side of the United States to sanction Russia. "In nearly 200 countries and regions around the world... Some 170 refused to join the sanctions. These countries account for the majority of the world's population. ”

India and ASEAN countries in the Asia-Pacific region are the targets of the United States' efforts to win over, but most of them are reluctant to take sides on the issue of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. India has also ignored the pressure exerted by the United States and purchased a large number of Russian crude oil. The vast majority of Arab countries also refuse to follow the United States in their position toward Russia. In the face of the soaring international energy prices caused by Western sanctions against Russia, the United States launched intensive diplomacy with Gulf allies in an attempt to persuade them to increase oil production, only to be treated coldly. In Latin America, regional powers such as Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina have made it clear that they will not impose sanctions on Russia. The same position is generally held in African countries. South African President Ramaphosa said that the root cause of the Conflict between Russia and Ukraine lies in NATO's eastward expansion. Ugandan President Museveni said the conflict exposed the Western double standard.

As Walsh argues, if humanity is seen as a whole, it is actually the United States and its allies that are isolated on sanctions against Russia.

(Subtitle) Us hegemony has lost its way and is helpless

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has enabled more and more countries to see the true face and intentions of the United States. "Unilateral economic sanctions imposed by some countries, which go beyond any discussion in the context of the global system, are part of a change or 'disorder' in the world system ... They have even sparked reflections on the transition to a new world order. "The Argentine economist Julio C. Gambiner wrote in an article.

For a long time, the United States has used its military hegemony and dollar hegemony to wantonly launch wars and impose sanctions on other countries, seriously undermining the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order based on international law, and seriously harming the interests of all countries in the world, including its allies. "To engage with the United States, we must always keep in mind the saying, 'The United States has no friends, only interests.'" It is now clear that U.S. strategists have orchestrated the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in an attempt to halt the decline of empires and the rise of multipolars, including Europe, capable of competing for global hegemony. Cuba's "Granma" published an article pointing out.

More and more people in the world have clearly seen that in order to maintain its own hegemony, the United States not only promotes the escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict step by step, co-opts Western countries to impose extreme sanctions on Russia, and impacts the global economy and people's livelihood, but also strengthens the military alliance system led by the United States, engages in group politics and camp confrontation, seriously undermines the global governance system, and makes the world that has entered a period of turbulent change face more difficulties. IMF Managing Director Georgieva worries that the risk of a global fragmentation into several geopolitical and economic sectors is increasing, and that fragmentation of global governance "could render us completely unable to address other global challenges, such as the existential threat posed by climate change."

There is much help for the way, and little help for the wrong way. As the world's largest source of chaos, the decline of its hegemony in the United States is as irreversible as the multipolar trend of the world. Spanish political analyst Manolo Monere said: "There is a general consensus that we are in the transition of the times, characterized by the decline of US hegemony and the emergence of new forces that objectively question the order defined by the United States, and we are transitioning to a multipolar world." (Participating reporters: Zhang Yuan, Sun Hao, Han Bing, Qiao Jihong, Liu Yang, Wu Baoshu, Xin Jianqiang, Liu Youmin, Liu Zan, Chen Lu)