The crisis in Ukraine presents one of the gravest threats to global order in the past quarter century. Military action by Russia against Ukraine is a breach of international law and a violation of the terms of the Budapest Memorandum of 1994. It pits Moscow directly against Western powers at a time of deep instability in other parts of the world, including Europe’s southern neighbourhood and at the borders of several post-Soviet states. The strategic order of Europe is being dangerously undermined, and with it the stability of the continent. PIERS PIGOU suggests a ten-point strategy for Western powers, for …read more
Source: Daily Maverick