The Global South and the Russian War on Ukraine: Structural Constraints on Diplomatic Alignment An assessment of the political, economic, and institutional factors shaping multilateral engagement with Russia's war against Ukraine By Dr. Paul R. Williams* Three years into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a striking diplomatic gap persists between the breadth of international condemnation and the depth of practical alignment.  While 141 states voted in the UN General Assembly to demand Rus