Developments in Davos and at Quad Summit

Many issues reflective of the current geopolitical situation in light of the Ukraine conflict, as well as the rising interest rates and spiking energy costs, are exacerbating long term Davos concerns including the need to tackle inequality and to provide "work for workers with new work skills," with a drive for a job's recovery.by Victor CherubimWe are told that the world political and business summits including its leaders, are able to work around differences, whilst Ukraine is caught in a frozen conflict, with sanction busting in evidence.

We hear European nations sending weapons to Russia, despite an embargo on arms shipments. France, Germany, Italy among others, have evaded arms embargo.

France has sent thermal imaging, cameras and navigation systems, whilst Germany "has sent bombs, rockets and missiles," in total US$ 95 million of hardware to pay for the Russian Gas.What does this mean?It is mostly the poorer nations that have to abide by the rules, while the rich find ways to get off scot free, or so it seems.

Can we complain, hardly not?Ironically, as time wears, the war in Ukraine seems to have fallen down the agenda in the West, with resources and capital slowly receding, or flowing in, in its eagerness it claimed, since 24 February 2022.But, if this happens or not, it could take years, perhaps, decades to rebuild Ukraine, as much of it has been levelled and economic devastation is for both Ukraine and Russia. Was this what the West indirectlyplodded, rather plotted Russia, to subdue it?Priorities for the West keep changing like the weather, depending on strategies.

In the three months gone by, the priority was to set Russia at odds with China,making China in an uncompromising position to send arms to Russia. China cleverly did not fall into this trap.

Now that the West has isolated Russia using Ukraine as its "punch bag", at least to a large extent, it has weakened Putin. The more sanctions bite, it is harder for Russia to reinvest in their war machine, at least for a time, or sometime?The new Atlantic DriftWe nowwitness a shift in emphasis to China.

Who knows, if it is to upset the equilibrium. United States has got India, Japan together with the newly elected AustralianLabor Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, to join a QUAD Summit in Tokyo on 24 May 2022. India with its uncompromising friendship with Russia, is able to join Japan, Australia and the US, asQUAD, coming together to launch a maritime initiative aimed at curbing China, using...