A return to the intermediate arange nuclear forces treaty and conventional forces in europe treaty can be addressed. This, once again, will require concessions on both sides - withdrawal of missiles by russia,. And there will have to be reciprocal concessions by the west as always happens in such negotiations. A compromise here is, in fact, entirely possible. Giving up the idea of nato membership for ukraine completely would sacrifice nothing on the part of the west. We are even withdrawing our diplomats from kier. That is the measure of our real commitment to the defence of ukrane. To bring ukraine into nato and guarantee its defence against r Russia would require cold war style armies
As Russia amasses tens of thousands of troops on Ukraine’s northern and eastern border fears are mounting that President Putin plans to invade the country. The stakes could not be higher, and each move by both Russia and its military rivals in the West will have potentially catastrophic consequences for the country caught in the crossfire: Ukraine. Is there another option? In this programme, we debate the motion: The West Should Seek a Compromise with Russia Over Ukraine. Joining us to discuss it is Anatol Lieven, Senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft in Washington DC and author of Ukraine and Russia: A Fraternal Rivalry. We're also joined by Chris Miller, Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of We Shall Be Masters: Russian Pivots to Asia from Peter the Great to Putin. Chair for this debate is Larisa Brown, Defence Editor for The Times.
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