https://www.scmp.com/rss/512353/feed Francis Xavier is Rajah & Tann's Regional Head of the Disputes and practises cross-border commercial litigation and international and treaty arbitration. He is a leading disputes lawyer and was recently named as one of Asia’s Top 15 Litigators (Asian Legal Business, 2021). He is a past global president of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and also a past resident of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Europe has largely been at peace since the end of World War II. The Soviet invasions of Hungary in 1956 and of Czechoslovakia in 1968 were exceptions, but they were localised attempts to keep the Soviet bloc intact rather than intrusions into the Western sphere. The Russo-Georgian war of 2008, meanwhile, has echoes in the current conflict. Truly dreadful were the Balkan wars that followed the destruction of the Soviet Union, which saw the break-up of Yugoslavia and resulted in war crimes ranging... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3174290/west-must-ultimately-take-blame-failing-preserve-peace-europe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3174290/west-must-ultimately-take-blame-failing-preserve-peace-europe?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Apr 2022 10:00:27 +0000