Over the past year, most Global South countries adopted a position of studied neutrality on the war in Ukraine. Their self-interest over the principles of international law and stability ended up serving Russian interests and regional tyrants, but not their citizens, who comprise most of the world’s population.
When Kavita Krishnan, an activist and feminist, quit her top posts in the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation last year due to differences over the war in Ukraine, it promptly made the news in the national press.
