Morality and Foreign Policy: the Strategy of Confusion

Syria and Ukraine Versus Iraq and Israel: Responding to Whataboutism

Destructions in Kharkiv Oblast after Russian shelling during 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. March 3, 2022. Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

It sometimes seems that accusing a person of holding a moral position when talking about international issues has become a way of discrediting him or her, much worse than if he or she were accused of sup…