Annexation
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Let Europe Lead in UkraineWASHINGTON, DC – As Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea proceeds, the United States must step back; the European Union must step forward; and the international community must ensure both that Russia pays a steep economic and political price for its actions, and that Russian and Ukrainian nationalists do not lock both sides into a deadly spiral of violence.
Vajpayee’s blunder compounded Nehru’s 1954 mistake in implicitly accepting, in the Panchsheel Treaty, China’s
annexation
of Tibet, without securing (or even seeking) recognition of the then-existing Indo-Tibetan border.
First and foremost, it has been anemic, projecting an image of weakness that undermines its ability to reverse Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea, which has been tacitly accepted, or counter its aggressive behavior toward eastern Ukraine.
Indeed, in his speech announcing the
annexation
of Crimea, Putin spoke his mind: his regime fears no punishment and will do whatever it pleases.
But it was only with Russia’s intervention in Ukraine and its
annexation
of Crimea in March 2014 that Putin became openly confrontational, portraying his country as the victim of aggression.
In his New Year greeting, he boasted about the
annexation
of Crimea and the successful Winter Olympics in Sochi, carefully avoiding any reference to the economy.
The Trump administration’s red line was apparently crossed this month, when a White House spokesman issued a rare rebuke of Netanyahu, dismissing reports that US officials had discussed an
annexation
plan for the West Bank with their Israeli counterparts.
The Return of Geopolitics to EuropeBERLIN – With Russia’s military invasion and
annexation
of Crimea, and the subsequent war in eastern Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has made it abundantly clear that he has no intention of respecting the inviolability of borders and the primacy of international legal norms.
Several interstate wars have been fought in Asia since 1950, when both the Korean War and the
annexation
of Tibet started, without resolving the underlying Asian disputes.
Putin’s supposedly heroic victory came in the war with Georgia of 2008, followed by the subsequent virtual
annexation
of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
More than that, there were hints of a desire for annexation, with the Saar region actually separated from Germany for a time.
Russia’s 2014
annexation
of Crimea and intervention in Syria have challenged principles of humanitarian interventionism such as the “responsibility to protect” (R2P); and a rising China is confronting the West’s supremacy – in hard- and soft-power terms – in the post-war global order.
The West, in turn, was unanimous in condemning Russia’s subsequent
annexation
of Crimea and clandestine military support for a pro-Russian separatist uprising in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.
Consider Russia’s invasion and
annexation
of Crimea earlier this year.
When Europe was confronted with a security challenge after Russia’s 2014
annexation
of Crimea, the Franco-German engine ran rather efficiently.
Europe After UkrainePARIS – When unexpected crises erupt, people tend to assume that nothing will ever be the same – exactly the conclusion that many Europeans have drawn in the aftermath of Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea.
The West’s Financial ArsenalPRINCETON – The revolution in Ukraine and Russia’s illegal
annexation
of Crimea have generated a serious security crisis in Europe.
But the situation became much worse with the toppling of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and the
annexation
of Crimea, which triggered a stock-market panic that weakened the Russian economy considerably and depleted the assets of Russia’s powerful oligarchs.
For Putin, the
annexation
of Crimea was sufficient, in a strategic sense.
The Kremlin’s
annexation
of Crimea and its support for violent separatists in eastern Ukraine prompted the United States and Europe to impose increasingly stringent economic sanctions against Russia.
More recently, he was a guiding hand behind Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and
annexation
of Crimea, inspiring the feverish media campaigns that have delivered near-universal public support for these moves.
What China achieved in the South China Sea has significantly more far-reaching and longer-term strategic implications than, say, Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea, as it sends the message that defiant unilateralism does not necessarily carry international costs.
In fact, after Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea in 2014, Merkel herself was able to forge domestic compromises that worked for the entire continent.
After the
annexation
of Crimea, Merkel could count on then-US President Barack Obama’s support.
This propaganda, already building in volume in 2012, after Putin won his third presidential term, reached a crescendo in 2014, after the
annexation
of Crimea.
Prior to the
annexation
of Crimea, his approval rating had dropped to record lows; afterwards, it surged to more than 80%.
Today’s Russians hope that Putin, who blindsided his opponents with his
annexation
of Crimea, might have another daring trick up his sleeve – one that will stabilize financial markets and revive the oil prices on which Russia’s economy depends.
NATO rightly responded to Russia’s
annexation
of Crimea, ongoing support for separatists in eastern Ukraine, and mock attacks on Western countries with a program of political and military reassurance.
Meanwhile, the security challenge posed by Russia has grown steadily since 2008, and has become especially serious since last year’s illegal
annexation
of Crimea and invasion of parts of eastern Ukraine.
Rather than interpreting Israel’s victory in the 1967 Six-Day War as permission for
annexation
of territory, that triumph should be viewed as a watershed that made possible peace with the entire Arab world should Israel relinquish occupied Arab lands.
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