P26001

Author: Tomas Jermalavičius

Published: 05 January 2026

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Coercing Ukraine to accept an unjust deal that favours the aggressor will accelerate the implosion of the rules-based world order and the return of a normless world where small states are not safe from predatory powers.

China has important geopolitical stakes in the Ukraine war such that it cannot allow a Russian collapse.

Restoring international accountability is therefore as vital for Singapore as it is for the Baltic states, and this is impossible without making Russia suffer the full consequences of its war against Ukraine.

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