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June 15, 2022
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Why Has the War in Ukraine Not United World Against Russia? | GZERO World

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Soon after Russia attacked Ukraine, the West proclaimed: we've united the world against Russia.

Wrong. Countries representing more than half of the world's population — including China and India — have not condemned the invasion.

Why? For one thing, US hypocrisy after the war in Iraq, says Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs columnist at the Financial Times tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

For another, he tells Ian Bremmer, many countries "simply don't want to return to a unipolar world."

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