Where Lula Stands on Ukraine
If you’re reading this in the West, it might be easy to forget that—as Howard French put it shortly after Russia’s invasion last year—“a majority of the human population” is not taking a position one way or another on the war.?
If you’re reading this in Brazil, you’ll likely be aware of the centrality of Russia to that country’s own foreign-policy goals over the years. As Oliver Stuenkel argues, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s ambition to play a mediating role in Ukraine is part of a long tradition of politicians on both the left and right using the Brazil-Russia relationship to their benefit.?
And if you’re reading this from anywhere else in the global south, you may even be aware of Ukraine’s outreach as it plans to massively scale up its diplomatic presence in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, as FP’s Jack Detsch and Robbie Gramer report.?
You can learn more about Ukraine’s strategy for winning the hearts and minds of half the world from an FP Live with Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova. The transcript of that interview is available exclusively to FP Insiders. Thank you to all our subscribers, as ever, for supporting our journalism on this and other critical international issues.—The editors
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