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● International Politics
The war in Israel ended the West's attempts to sway the Global South to support Ukraine. According to the FT, the West has worked with leading countries in the Global South, including India, Brazil, and South Africa, to reach a consensus on supporting a rules-based global order. The dialogue continued after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, so the mentioned states would reorient their support from Russia to Ukraine. The publication notes that after Israel invades Gaza, the words of Western leaders, particularly the US, may be perceived as hypocritical by the countries of the Global South: if Jerusalem is not to be condemned, then why is it necessary to do so with the Russian Federation? Four weeks before the Hamas attack, leaders of the US, EU, and Western allies at the G20 summit in New Delhi appealed to developing countries to condemn Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians to ensure respect for the UN Charter and international law. Some US diplomats have privately expressed concern that Biden's administration has failed to recognize that its broad support for Israel's actions could alienate much of the Global South.
Canada will create an international precedent to confiscate Russian sovereign assets. In the upper house of the Canadian Parliament, the procedure for considering the draft law on seizing sovereign assets belonging to offending states, including Russia, has begun. "The proposed document creates a legal way for Canada and other states that follow its example to use Russian assets to compensate Ukraine," said independent senator Ratna Omidvar. According to her, very few Russian sovereign assets are in Canada, but setting an international precedent is still important. The bill gives the Canadian government the authority to confiscate the sovereign assets of other states in the country's territory. "The document will change the sanctions legislation in general, allowing similar measures to be taken against other violator states besides Russia that commit mass crimes," the senator summarized. It should be noted that current Canadian legislation allows the confiscation of assets of Russian citizens and companies by court order. However, national courts do not have jurisdiction over the assets of sovereign states.
It is more profitable for the US to help Ukraine than to allow Russian dominance.It is more profitable for Washington to help Ukraine than to let Russia win, the US president's assistant for national security, Jake Sullivan, said at a briefing on October 11. The US has provided Ukraine with $43.9bn worth of defence assistance since the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, according to Pentagon data. Washington has provided 47 military aid packages to Kyiv since August 2021. Reuters estimated the total value of US
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