A balanced assessment of peace and security on the basis of sovereign equality is needed – not unilateral sanctions and lethal weapons
This year marks the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II and the founding of the United Nations. Humanity learned with great pain that peace and security must coexist for all nations, and the vicious circle of war must not be repeated.
In 1941, the United States imposed an oil embargo on Japan in response to its expansion in Asia and invasion of French Indochina. For the US and its allies, Japan’s militant aggression was a blatant violation of peace; for Japan, the embargo was an existential threat. Japan retaliated with a pre-emptive attack on Pearl Harbour, which led to the US declaration of war. The vicious circle of war ended with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
The Russian war in Ukraine is not the same as the Japanese war in Asia and the geopolitical context is vastly different. But despite an 80-year gap, the lesson from the second world war continues to hold true.
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