Reminder: NATO and the U.S. were offered a treaty before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The demand: NATO would make an offer not to expand further eastward and halt all military activities in the former Soviet Republics.
It was deemed unacceptable by NATO.
The demand: NATO would make an offer not to expand further eastward and halt all military activities in the former Soviet Republics.
It was deemed unacceptable by NATO.
The New York Times:
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This was the agreement that the former USSR and NATO had after the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union.
"According to an article in Der Spiegel, a newly discover documented dated March 1991 shows that discussions between the West and Russia made it euroweeklynews.comā¦
"According to an article in Der Spiegel, a newly discover documented dated March 1991 shows that discussions between the West and Russia made it euroweeklynews.comā¦
Germany tried to broker a deal with Putin to avoid war.
"Mr. Scholz made one last push for a settlement between Moscow and Kyiv. He told Mr. Zelensky in Munich on Feb. 19 that Ukraine should renounce its NATO aspirations and declare neutrality as part of wsj.comā¦
"Mr. Scholz made one last push for a settlement between Moscow and Kyiv. He told Mr. Zelensky in Munich on Feb. 19 that Ukraine should renounce its NATO aspirations and declare neutrality as part of wsj.comā¦
Even as China has now intervened to offer a peace deal, NATO and Zelensky won't negotiate.
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a blow to China's plan to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday, just days before their war reached newsweek.comā¦
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a blow to China's plan to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday, just days before their war reached newsweek.comā¦
So, just to put this in plain language, NATO should not be acting like Ukraine is a member and should stop trying to expand its membership if it wants to de-escalate this war. Zelensky needs to be brought back down to earth and Ukraine needs to cut its losses for the world'sā¦
Ukraine was never meant to be a NATO ally in the Post-Soviet order. That development was always going to be a fuse to light a regional war.
University of Chicago international relations scholar John Mearsheimer makes a lot of sense here.
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Note: At no point in my extensive coverage of this issue have I ever suggested that the War in Ukraine isn't real and that people aren't dying there.
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