A struggle for moral authority in Ukraine

[…] When Laurent Fabius, France’s highly competent foreign minister, spoke at the World Policy Conference here last weekend, he was challenged from the audience after he failed to mention Ukraine on a list of urgent international issues that demanded the group’s attention. Those attending included political, business and religious leaders as well as intellectuals and opinion-makers. The spirited discussion that followed reflected broad support for the cause of the Ukrainian protesters as a moral obligation to help a neighbor in trouble. […]