Crumbling foundations of post-war pillars revealed

THE 80th anniversary of Victory Day, marking a significant moment in history when the Red Army of the Soviet Union led the defeat of Hitler's evil reign of terror that threatened mankind and humanity, reveals one sad truth about geopolitics.

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What united Allies powers despite their gross ideological differences was the entrenched Nazism of Hitler's Germany which sought to conquer the world, and amid that grave streak killed and maimed enemies, real or perceived. The Holocaust remains a tragic reminder of Hitler’s brutality and overall aggressive, bestial nature.

Nations with a deep-seated myriad of differences set them aside momentarily, appreciating the existential threat Germany under Hitler posed to the global architecture of a peaceful coexistence.

The Allied powers were therefore united by sheer necessity. The alliance of forces led by the brave Soviets was not a consequence of pure goodwill. Survival demanded it. For 80 years since the end of World War II, which started in 1939 and ended in 1945, the international community has succeeded in avoiding a repeat of what Hitler and Germany represented.

For years following 1945, the international community had converged in the Russian capital, Moscow, to mark Victory Day, which had inadvertently united a fractious international community.

Sadly, history has become distant. The shared narrative of Victory Day has started to lose its glow of truth. As it weakens year after year, the foundations of a post-Hitler world order that is premised on the founding principles of the UN Charter are crumbling.

The utter divisions that characterise the international world order are more frightening and worrisome. Not even the Cold War brought the East and the West to the edge of the precipice, as today's ideological divisions are stacked with nuclear weapons.