Between India and China you're looking at roughly a 1/4 of the world population. This makes it hard to use sanctions in ways that work better against smaller, less critical countries (like Iran, Myanmar). Even Russia, which doesn't hold quite the same level has been painful for Europe to sanction.
It's also problematic having to fight battles on all fronts at once (and at home for the US, which isn't exactly at the height of democracy itself)[0].
It's also worth being aware that much of the world sees the other side of the US, meddling and not really doing so in the best interests of the local population (not to mention UK colonial history).
We're in this funny place where the US often dictates globally but the protections that are in place with it's own laws only extend as far as citizens. Which is where you end up with all the 5-eyes spying on each other and sharing intel, thereby avoiding the protections put in place to prevent the domestic use of those capabilities[1].
The third paragraph is most crucial. Having said that, as an Asian I'm super puzzled with Western countries tendency to moralizing and lecturing other countries internal matter.
Is it wrong to bring up bad treatment of a citizens countries to the leadership of that country? Western countries in feel comfortable doing this because in general they treat their citizens far better than other countries treat their own.
We can't let past failure stop the criticisms of genocide and slips into authoritarian behaviour. We all (globally) have to try to hold each other to account.
>We all (globally) have to try to hold each other to account.
I'm sorry but De facto it is kinda ridiculous. Since "western" entities almost completely control media and influence. Criticism always occur one way street.
Al Jazeera, scmp, nhk, cna, Hindustantimes, haaretz and even al arabiya are all becoming more common. I'm in the American southeast. Please dont generalize.
> Criticism always occur one way street.
? What kind of sources are you listening to? Even the Rupert Murdoch ones are filled with vitriol critizing their respective regions. A publication having a xenophobic bent, and that being useful to politicians is another tangential thing.
It's also problematic having to fight battles on all fronts at once (and at home for the US, which isn't exactly at the height of democracy itself)[0].
It's also worth being aware that much of the world sees the other side of the US, meddling and not really doing so in the best interests of the local population (not to mention UK colonial history).
We're in this funny place where the US often dictates globally but the protections that are in place with it's own laws only extend as far as citizens. Which is where you end up with all the 5-eyes spying on each other and sharing intel, thereby avoiding the protections put in place to prevent the domestic use of those capabilities[1].
[0]: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/02/01/the-worl...
[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/20/us-uk-secret-d...