Ukraine Beyond the West

Many countries do not take Western anti-Russian positions since the invasion of Ukraine as a given: only a minority of states have actually accepted and are adhering to sanctions or have curtailed diplomatic relations. This “rest of the world” (made up of the majority of its population, including countries with over a billion people, such as China and India) usually pursues its own interests, or in fact directly supports the Russian narrative, which corresponds to colonial and post-colonial (or Cold War) experience or simply anti-Western sentiment. Or is this a purely pragmatic approach based on economic ties? Does local political culture, the character of the system, or the personalism of local elites play a role in this? How does ideology correspond to practical foreign policy steps, and where to look for the reasons for any discrepancies between these two levels? The collective monograph Ukrajina mimo Západ (Ukraine Beyond the West) mainly traces the causes of this state of affairs in countries with a neutral, pragmatic or plain pro-Russian stance.