The point is that it should be up to neither Russia, the US, nor NATO to decide another nation's sovereignty or fate. Ukrainians should have the opportunity to decide for themselves whether or not to join the Western security alliance. And the majority of their people after the Soviet Union collapse, notwithstanding the separatists, have…
The point is that it should be up to neither Russia, the US, nor NATO to decide another nation's sovereignty or fate. Ukrainians should have the opportunity to decide for themselves whether or not to join the Western security alliance. And the majority of their people after the Soviet Union collapse, notwithstanding the separatists, have already made their decision: They broke away from Russia for good and someday hope to join NATO; fck Putin!
How we think things should be is often not how they actually can be right now. So IMO the point is that we need to do our best to deal with things as they actually are -- and it seems to me that what great powers regard as in or not in their vital strategic interest gives us the best gauge we have of how they're going to react when push comes to shove.
The point is that it should be up to neither Russia, the US, nor NATO to decide another nation's sovereignty or fate. Ukrainians should have the opportunity to decide for themselves whether or not to join the Western security alliance. And the majority of their people after the Soviet Union collapse, notwithstanding the separatists, have already made their decision: They broke away from Russia for good and someday hope to join NATO; fck Putin!
How we think things should be is often not how they actually can be right now. So IMO the point is that we need to do our best to deal with things as they actually are -- and it seems to me that what great powers regard as in or not in their vital strategic interest gives us the best gauge we have of how they're going to react when push comes to shove.