Former French prime minister Edouard Philippe said here on Friday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a “deliberate act of aggression” against the global order and not only an issue for Europe. He added that existing in a world run by the authoritarian China would be different from doing so in one run by the United States. At the city’s St Xavier’s College, Philippe gave a lecture titled “The quest for balance in an uneven world” while on a visit to India. I’ll tell you right now that it’s not, “He was alluding to the Russian-led invasion of Ukraine, which ended one year ago in February.