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With the UN powerless, the greatest danger now may be Russia beginning to lose in Ukraine

  • Written by: Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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There could be no better example of the United Nations’ failure to live up to its founding ideals than the recent visit by secretary general António Guterres to Russia. Attempting to calm the dangerous war in Ukraine, he obtained nothing of significance.

No peace deal, no blue helmeted peacekeepers in the warzone keeping...

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