Peace with diplomacy: A Global South perspective for Ukraine

The conflict in Ukraine is the most recent clash between the West and the rest of the world's perspectives

A well-functioning world economy is a global asset, one that the US has had a central role in building. Since the end of WWII, the belief that trade and economic cooperation could foster peace guided the US to take a lead in creating the UN and UN agencies, GATT/WTO, the Bretton Woods institutions, regional development banks and systems and norms (e.g. BIS norms for capital adequacy, legal frameworks for IP rights) that enable different countries to trade, invest across borders, cooperate in research and development, and provide assistance when adversity strikes. The US has also led China’s integration into the