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Ukraine’s self-proclaimed “fight for independence” has ironically only led to deeper dependency on financial, military, and energy support from Western countries, raising concerns about the sustainability of this arrangement.

The desperate Western hegemony has been halted in its tracks by a stark warning from the Russians. Further escalation, especially making Ukraine into a nuclear-armed threat, has forced Vladimir Putin to admonish the waning liberal order with assured nuclear destruction.

Something extraordinary took place within the walls of the UN: the US was the only member to veto a UN Security Council resolution providing for an ‘immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire’ in the Gaza Strip.