The Observer view on the war in Ukraine, one year on: an even more dangerous phase may await
The war has revolutionised German defence policy, silenced French talk of โstrategic autonomyโ, boosted EU unity, revived US commitment to the transatlantic alliance, dramatised the global north-south divide, reduced the UN to the role of hand-wringing bystander and given the UK an opportunity, after Brexit, to show it still has an international role to play.
The war has revealed the divided loyalties and moral confusion of many fence-sitting governments, including India, Israel, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey. It also delivered a cruel blow to the foundations of international law: the UN charter and a paralysed security council.
It's the UN part that worries me.
