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A former US ambassador to Ukraine reflects on how Russia's invasion could impact nuclear non-proliferation efforts.

The global nuclear order that was created as part of the post-war system and selfishly guarded against the shockwaves of the cold war is on the verge of becoming a casualty of war in...

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 do about ukraine, give it a security guarantee now or -- >> well, we are giving ukraine something better than security guarantees, namely the means to do what ...

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...

While the Western world has blamed Russia for invading Ukraine -- and by the standards of international law, Vladimir Putin's invasion certainly is illegal -- the so-called [...]