Russia wants a weaker ukraine so that it can more easily threaten and abuse ukraine in the future. Europe's got a lot of reason, just for european purposes, to stop russia from moving to ukrane. We are not in a position to beat them at this game. But i reject the notion that what's at stake isn't ukranian sovereignty. The reason poten keeps talking about ucranian sovereignty is because he's focused on turning ukrane into a second dear state that has to answer to the crumlins whims"
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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