Comparisons are useful checks on reality. Having spent decades observing the nature of Asian politics and society, it was instructive to spend two months in Africa at a time when both Asia and Africa are being challenged by the most serious security crisis the world has faced since the Cold War. Or is that really the case?
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Not everyone sees Ukraine as the main issue
Emerging countries accuse the West of hypocrisy
Tourists and locals in Bangkok celebrate Songkran by spraying each other with water guns and partying on Khaosan Road on April 13. Much of Southeast Asia is disconnected from the far-off war in Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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