As rivals and allies alike upend global stability, governments must re-examine their values and resist uncoupling from each other, argues a former European Union diplomat and long-standing expert on East-West relations.

Francesco Mancini, Vice Dean (Executive Education) and Associate Professor in Practice at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy has an extensive background in the prevention and settlement of armed conflict. He was a senior director at the International Peace Institute in New York, a think tank that works very closely with the United Nations and its member states. We've asked him to share his views on the current military conflict in Ukraine.

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