The United Nations has once again demonstrated its indispensable role, both in the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis and in China’s diplomacy. The biggest challenge is that some countries use the United Nations as a platform for pressure rather than a platform for consultation. These practices are not only detrimental to the resolution of the crisis; they also undermine the United Nations itself. China’s diplomacy can contribute in three ways, facilitating consultations in the Security Council, reaffirming the universal application of the principle of sovereignty, and proposing tools and solutions for peace.

Amid the war in Ukraine launched by Russia, the United States is launching an invisible war against multilateralism within major international economic organisations, forcing them to take political sides. Its actions put the international character of those organisations at risk, trampling their charters and the international rule of law.

During the recent NATO summit in Brussels, the organization once again symbolically "united" under the banner of the US-led "Western democratic bloc" and defined Russia as the common enemy of members of NATO.

At this juncture, China and the United States must assume a special and important responsibility to promote peace and stop war. They must find a proper response, with a view toward balancing morality and interest for both the long and short term. Diplomacy is never as simple as a one-choice question, and moral judgments often impede the search for practical diplomatic solutions.

The Munich Security Conference 2022 was held under the shadow of multiple challenges including the Ukraine crisis. The Munich Security Index 2022 shows perceptions of risk that pervade the societies of G7 countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical tensions, domestic political polarization, and rising inequality. As the Munich Security Report 2022 points out, many Western people believe that they are living in a "new era of successive and interconnected disruptions," and there is a growing "collective helplessness."

The war in Ukraine, however disruptive, won’t stop the global political and economic shifts towards Asia with China at the centre. China is now the eye in the storm. Therefore, it should be the stabiliser. The benefit of making no choice is avoiding a bad choice.

Washington would like the world to believe that not imposing sanctions particularly by China would be tantamount to siding with Russia. This is a false narrative that should be rejected outright by the British experience. It is in this country’s national interest, but more importantly also totally morally acceptable, to stay out of this mess, while at the same time unwaveringly championing peace and stability.

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