New Delhi, March 12 -- The war in Ukraine is much more linked to global geopolitics than the staunchest proponents of the Trump movement might think. They believe that if the U.S. imposes peace in a conflict involving an aggressor state and a victim state, they can retreat inward, strengthen themselves, and then confront what they consider their true adversary: China. This is a misconception. Let's explore why.

Yongnian defends the liberal international order (we can all stop gasping now.) and argues that pure economics, rather than geoeconomics, will steer the world back to the liberal international order. He emphasizes that neither Ukraine nor the EU can be excluded from peace negotiations, nor can China. He believes that U.S. and Euro...