Why A "Neutral" Ukraine Is A Non-Starter
Neutral Ukraine? "The Kremlin’s vision of a Belarus-like vassal state has been clearly, consistently, and democratically rejected over the past 30 years."
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Neutral Ukraine? "The Kremlin’s vision of a Belarus-like vassal state has been clearly, consistently, and democratically rejected over the past 30 years."
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During the negotiations, it is important that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not rewarded, or seen to be rewarded, for his illegal war. The idea that Ukraine should be demilitarised and “denazified” as a price for ending the conflict would be seen internationally as capitulation, writes Stefan Wolff and David Hastings Dunn.
Now that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to start negotiations at the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, one of the key questions is what should be on the ag
History tells us that neutrality rarely works as a mechanism for preventing conflict.