Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP argues that Russia’s actions in Ukraine will have had serious implications for Ukraine, Europe and potentially global stability and the only way to stand up to Putin is through robust and targeted economic sanctions.
Özdem Sanberk explains that Russia’s attempt at annexation of Crimea upsets a balance in the region which all the sides have worked hard to create, not just over decades but indeed over centuries.
Bruno Tertrais outlines France’s role and challenges in the current crisis in Ukraine.
Ana Palacio explains that Ukraine’s current conflict shows a critical reality: the Atlantic Community and Russia need each other. She thereby calls on the US and Europe to not leave Putin with a free hand.
ELN member Prof. Adam Daniel Rotfeld calls for a Conference of the Friends of the Ukraine under the auspices of the OSCE to draft a road map that would lead the Ukraine out of its current crisis. And he reasons that any solution will not have to include a zero-sum choice between the EU and a Customs Union with Russia.
Ian Kearns explains that the EU will only have a constructive impact on the Ukrainian crisis, if it learns from Kissinger’s Cold War lessons and focuses on how to deal with Russia.