Are Western double standards undermining the global order? (www.dw.com)

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"Wherever I go, I find myself confronted with the accusations of double standards," said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell at Oxford University in May. At last year's Munich Security Conference (MSC), French President Emmanuel Macron said: "I am struck by how much we are losing the trust of the Global South."

Eisentraut makes this clear in her brief: The criticism of Western double standards is often justified. For example, countries from the Global South point out that the US and other Western states insist on the principle of the territorial integrity in Ukraine, but did not respect this principle during the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Western states have often disregarded human rights by carrying out illegal detentions as part of their war on terror. And the Europeans have made common cause with North African autocrats in order to prevent migration to Europe.

However, Eisentraut also points out that critics from countries such as China and Russia often use their accusations to relativize their own violations. Or they use them to justify an approach to foreign policy that is no longer based on moral principles at all, but only on their own interests. The result is that the value of universal rules is being questioned around the world.

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[-] [email protected] 23 points 16 hours ago

If it is of any help, we "westerners" often don't trust our own politicians or allies. It was clear from the start that the US had no business invading Iraq (at least the second time, I'm too young to have my own opinion on the first one).

[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Not only politicians, remember press was full of 'weapons of mass destruction'. I think what most westerners don't admit is our own propaganda.

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