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Marko Bojcun — This article explores the origins of the Ukrainian crisis in several historical developments that came together in 2014.

The budapest declaration was earlier -- >> i'm sorry, bucharest, sorry. >> bucharest was the nato summit. budapest declaration was the agreement whereby russia primarily, the united states, britain and then later france and china gave ukraine the guarantees of independence and security of borders in return for ukraine giving up what was then the world's third largest nuclear stockpile. and russia has clearly broken the security assurances that it has given. so it's very difficult to deal with a head of state like mr. putin who customarily lies and breaks international agreement. >> but what to...

Nato and how putin will react. but let me ask you, radek, what should we do with ukraine? what should the west do with ukraine? i think there's general agreement that the 2008 bucharest declaration was badly done because it vaguely promised nato -- ukraine and georgia membership but didn't provide a known pathway, no timetable. it was sort of enough to angle putin without doing enough to protect ukraine. combust but how do you resolve that? should going forward ukraine be given security guarantees by the west? >> actually, you're talking about the 2008 nato summit, which i attended. the budape...

How will it end? In the wake of Ukraine’s stunning and stubborn resistance to Putin’s invasion, the question whose answer once seemed preordained.

Feb 16, 2022 // The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is receiving renewed interest as another vehicle for diplomacy with Russia - but the OSCE's potential goes further, allowing us to think beyond questions of compulsion and think instead of relationships, write James E. Goodby and Ken Weisbrode.