I do realize there are various conflicts in Africa occurring. And it’s not that I don’t care about them or that they don’t matter, but the fact is that they are just less relevant to my future and the future of any areas I am likely to be present in or have anything to do with. And if that’s racism, so be it.

But what happens in Ukraine might directly affect me one day, if for no other reason that if we do not get that right my country might be fighting Russia in Poland in 2030. What happens in Sudan almost certainly will not have such a major effect.

War is terrible wherever it occurs. However, I am only one person; I can only pay attention to those conflicts that are likely to intersect my and my country’s future.