Was it wrong to make Ukraine give up its nuclear weapons? | Joseph Nye, Tariq Ali, Yasmin Alibhai-B.
83Joseph Nye, Tariq Ali, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Domitilla Sagramoso discuss whether the West has become an untrustworthy ally to Ukraine in the recent Ukraine Russia conflict.
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In the light of the Afghanistan debacle many questioned whether anyone would believe the West again. But it is not just in Afghanistan that the word of the West has been challenged. When Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in 1994, Western powers including the US and Britain signed the Budapest Memorandum guaranteeing security assurance for its borders. Yet they failed to do so in the Crimea and the Donbass, and, even in the event of a Russian invasion, the consensus is for limiting intervention to economic sanctions and logistical support.
Was it a deceitful mistake to encourage Ukraine to give up its nuclear weapons? Is it essential for countries in general, and Western powers in particular, to stick to their word if they are to retain influence in a rapidly changing world? Or do we have no alternative to avoid potentially catastrophic military conflict than to rely on economic threats alone?
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Political activist and historian Tariq Ali, professor Emeritus at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government Joseph Nye, writer and political commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and senior lecturer in Security and Development Domitilla Sagramoso debate whether the West become a deceitful and untrustworthy ally. Economist Linda Yueh hosts.
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