Even though they had not been imposed by the u.n. security council due to the fear of a russian veto. countries like saudi arabia and the uae are unlikely to join an appeal to battle autocracies, since they are themselves absolute monarchies, but a call to kwlup hold an open international system might well have more traction. for india or indonesia, this framing could force them to think harder about the consequences of allowing russia s aggression to stand. if countries can get away with military incursions and annexations of their lands, new delhi will have a weaker move in its borders against india. as the ambassador to the u.n. pointed out shortly before the invasion, african countries chosen to accept clonian borders precisely because they understand the chaos that would be unleashed if countries try to redraw them along purely cultural or ethnic lines.