Talking peace in Jeddah

India offers a new perspective

The peace summit at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, attended by over 40 countries over the weekend to explore a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine crisis represents a small if significant shift in the axis of global power politics. The two-day summit was part of a diplomatic initiative by Ukraine to build support for its predicament beyond its traditional Western supporters of Europe and the US, and their allies to the Global South, an indication, perhaps, of the growing influence of this varied grouping in international politics. There was no breakthrough — indeed, none was expected — but there were several diplomatic