Munich meeting shouldn't just be exclusive stage for US, NATO

The 59th Munich Security Conference — to be held from Friday to Sunday — comes at a time when the world has reached a turning point due to not just the Russia-Ukraine conflict, whose end doesn't seem anywhere in sight, but more importantly the US' effort to divide the world.

The Munich Security Report 2023 said the Russia-Ukraine conflict would be the key focus of the meeting but the list of key participants does not include any from Russia. That itself is a flaw for the so-called Munich Rule of engaging and interacting with each other without pedagogy or ignoring one another.

The excessive representation of the United States and NATO members at the Munich conference means the rest of the world, especially the Global South, won't be properly heard during the event.