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Michael O'Hanlon, National Interest: How to Resolve the War in Ukraine
"A different approach is needed, one that goes to the heart of the problem by creating a new security architecture for central Europe that all can accept."
As the fall of 2015 unfolds, the Russia-Ukraine crisis is not generating nearly as much news attention as it created throughout most of 2014. But in fact, it is still very serious—which is why the incoming Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford, told Congress in his recent confirmation hearings in July of this year that no issue concerned him more. The hope that the so-called Minsk II agreement, negotiated last winter, will produce a durable solution seems very unlikely. That plan called for greater autonomy for eastern Ukrainian provinces in return for a verifiable ceasefire, with the lifting of western sanctions on Russia to follow. But Kiev is showing little interest in granting such autonomy and Moscow is showing little interest in reducing its inflammatory behavior towards the conflict. The fighting continues at a relatively steady pace. Meanwhile, the underlying issues that helped provoke the crisis in the first place in late 2013 and early 2014—fundamental disagreement over Ukraine’s future strategic orientation—are no closer to resolution.
WNU Editor: I do not see any easy solution to this conflict. Russian - Ukrainians no longer trust their Ukrainian counterparts, and the central government in Kiev is not really interested in granting any form of autonomy for the Russian part of the country. As long as this division .... this conflict .... whether hot or cold .... will continue to fester for the foreseeable future.
2 comments:
Lol..there you go again, all Ukraines fault, Ukraine won't do this and Ukraine won't do that, with little talk of that jerk in Moscow, who actually is the one controlling the puppet. Dude I like your site a lot, but you are a disappointment with this one issue. You sound just like those trolls the Russians pay to spread disinformation and lies. It's more complicated than the Ukrainians will not play ball, your way. The sooner you and others start bringing the real culprits keeping this mess going, the sooner they can have peace.
Stephen it is interesting that you are so negative to the russians. When the ukrops bomb donetsk and lugansk there have been a lot of civilian casualties. The people of these regions will never be a part of ukraine again as long as the government in kiev keep on the path they have chosen
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