Annexation
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Indeed, Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine suggest that Putin gathers territories; he does not give them up – at least not without getting something in return.
Today, the West is reacting to Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea and occupation of eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, just as it responded to the
annexation
of Wallachia in 1853 and the blockade of West Berlin in 1948.
No credible government or international organization accepts Russia’s description of the
annexation
as a legal democratic act by the Crimean people.
In June, Ukraine presented Russia with a 17-volume calculation of its losses from the
annexation
of Crimea, totaling nearly $90 billion.
Russia’s unilateral
annexation
of Crimea and support for separatists in eastern Ukraine have ruptured its relations with the West, and Putin has intentionally recreated a Cold War atmosphere by touting Russia’s “conservative values” as an ideological counterweight to the American-led liberal world order.
When a war of salvation and survival turned into a war of conquest, occupation, and annexation, the international community recoiled and Israel went on the defensive.
Though Putin has tried to stoke a popular desire for empire with his Crimea
annexation
and intervention in eastern Ukraine, these actions amount to little more than open theft by masked men in the dead of night; they have little chance of begetting lasting glory.
And, like many other Nobel laureates, including Jelinek, she has played an active role in civil society, most recently taking a stand against Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea.
In any case, the EU, not NATO, has driven the biggest foreign-policy successes in recent decades, from the pacification of the Balkans to the Iran nuclear deal to the response to Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea.
Following Russia’s illegal
annexation
of Crimea, and further Russian revanchism in eastern Ukraine, relations with Putin’s Kremlin need to be reconsidered.
Israel’s Ukraine DilemmaTEL AVIV – As if relations between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government and US President Barack Obama’s administration were not strained enough, Israel has refused to join the United States and its other allies in condemning Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea.
Similarly, if the summit concludes without any unified condemnation of Russia’s actions in the Kerch Strait, Putin will have scored an important victory: the international community’s tacit acceptance of his illegal
annexation
of Crimea.
Indeed, even after Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea and incitement of secessionist movements in eastern Ukraine, airlines did not consider it necessary to reroute flights.
China, for example, has effectively endorsed Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea and intervention in eastern Ukraine.
In turn, Russia invoked self-determination to support Abkhazia’s secession from Georgia in 2008, and its invasion and
annexation
of Crimea in 2014.
More recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin organized a snap referendum in Crimea that supposedly justified his
annexation
of the territory.
Last March, amid near-universal condemnation of Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea, the country’s BRICS counterparts – even those that had long supported the inviolability of borders and non-intervention – abstained from a UN General Assembly resolution affirming Ukraine’s unity and territorial integrity.
Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea in 2014 was the first unilateral land grab in Europe since 1945.
Long before Russia's armed
annexation
of Crimea and its invasion of eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin played similar games when it engineered the secession of Georgia's South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions and propped up the bandit territory of Transnistria in Moldova.
How should it approach China’s creation of not only facts on the ground, but the ground itself, in the South China Sea?Will Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea stand forever?
Now, with an ongoing refugee crisis, Russia’s occupation of eastern Ukraine and illegal
annexation
of Crimea, and the threat of British withdrawal from the European Union, 2016 may become, by necessity, another “year of Europe” for American diplomacy.
This rules out our recognition – at any time and in any form – of Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea and occupation of Donbas.
If Putin’s goal is
annexation
or subversion of more Ukrainian territory, he would likely reject the solution, even if Ukraine (perhaps reluctantly) supported it.
Putin had viewed China as his backup option should the West seek to isolate Russia following its
annexation
of Crimea.
Putin behaves similarly, using the press to emphasize, say, how Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea has reminded the country’s Western opponents of its “greatness.”
The
annexation
of Crimea and continuing destabilization of Ukraine advance his broader ambition of resurrecting Russia’s cultural and political dominance in Eurasia and much of the former Soviet space.
The End of the New World OrderDENVER – Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea and ongoing intimidation of Ukraine appears to mean the end of a 25-year period whose hallmark was an effort to bring Russia into greater alignment with Euro-Atlantic goals and traditions.
US sanctions against Russia after the latter’s
annexation
of Crimea in 2014 were amplified by a coincidental oil-price drop, and by the deployment of similar measures by the European Union, Russia’s largest trading partner.
The power of such an approach can be seen in Russia, where Western sanctions, imposed following Putin’s
annexation
of Crimea, are the main factor limiting the pro-Russian rebels’ incursion in eastern Ukraine.
Today, in the wake of Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea, and ongoing subversion of Ukraine’s sovereignty, Sikorski’s words don’t seem so outlandish.
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