#207: Asia's Reaction to the Invasion of Ukraine - a podcast by La Trobe Asia

In June 2022 Indonesian President Joko Widodo went first to the Ukraine, and later to Moscow, hand delivering a letter from President Zelensky to Vladimir Putin. His purpose, to quote, was to open a dialogue forum for peace, to build peace, because the war has to be stopped.

Widodo’s carefully worded statement, about ending a war but not necessarily pointing fingers, is emblematic of Asia’s response to the Ukraine invasion, to the extent where a UN vote for sanctions against the Ukraine earned the muted response of most Asian counties abstaining from voting.

Guest: Associate Professor Nobuhiro Aizawa (School of Social and Cultural Studies at Kyushu University).

Recorded on 18th April, 2023.

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