, Columnist
The West Is Losing the Messaging War Over Ukraine
The longer the country’s allies resist talking about the compromises that will be required to end the fighting, the more ground they will lose in the rest of the world.
The war has become a grinding slog.
Photographer: John Moore/Getty Images
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Here in New Delhi, policy makers are beginning to worry. India’s long-awaited presidency of the G-20 grouping is turning out to be even more difficult than they anticipated.
Indian leaders hope the G-20 can effectively replace the various other atrophied organs of multilateralism. But two major summits in recent weeks ended without a joint communique, with countries so sharply divided over the war in Ukraine that they could not even sign up to a common statement on other pressing issues.