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Arguably, the ongoing policy of the US administration w.r.t. of strike prohibitions is in violation of the memorandum terms. Obviously, russia egregiously violated the memorandum as well as a multitude of (now effectively non-functional) international laws and has committed a large amount of crimes against humanity it was not and still isn't held accountable for.
(I've no idea if the Russian weapons used such a system)
Baisc nuclear weapons aren't rocket science anymore.
https://unherd.com/2022/03/was-ukraine-betrayed-by-its-own-e...
But here's just a particularly tasty one:
Instead, the new government loudly sought full membership of Nato and the EU — measures that could only undermine Ukraine’s national sovereignty.
But that is probably why you cut it out of context, and the rest is "too many instances to unpack".
The writer of the article is Lee Jones Professor of Political Economy and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London.
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/joneslee.html
Here's what I mean by "too much to unpack":
(1) If your non-democratically installed government
Not true in regard to the events you are referring to (at least to a first-order approximation). Let's just say I could easily tell you why this take wrong if we had time, but because there's so much to unpack, we don't. All I can recommend is -- please check your assumptions, and do your own research.
(2) If, hypothetically, a government (democratic, autocratic, or somewhere in between) makes a decision that goes against whatever the latest polls of the moment happen to say -- no, that does not mean it is "undermining the country's national sovereignty". That's just not what "sovereignty" means. If you don't fully understand this, you need to stop right now and look into what the term actually does mean.
(3) At no point since 2010 has any government in Ukraine attempted to push for NATO membership against the tide of public opinion in Ukraine. This is a pure and simple fact, and I strongly recommend you roll up your sleeves, do the basic research and determine the valdity of what I just said, on your own, all by yourself. In particular, the years 2010 and 2014 will be very important in your analysis.
(4) I'm pretty sure the situation is exactly the same with regard to EU membership, though it's not a matter I've looked into directly. However, the infinitely bigger matter of concern for you should be: if it's your belief that this is not the case, then why do you believe this? Is it something you've looked into directly -- or just something you think you might have heard somewhere?
(5) Nevermind the author's credentials. Just consider the statement on its own terms. It literally doesn't matter at all who said it, or what their credentials are.
Academics are people like anyone else, and it turns out many of them are just as susceptible to propaganda and muddled / ideology-perturbed thinking like anyone you will meet on the street. Some even way more so, in fact. Precisely because society has told them that they're so darn smart, and that people will just automatically believe whatever they say.
1. Make money and test them (the weapons supplied are NOT a gift).
2. ~Rebuilding Ukraine is being managed by black-rock...more Money
3. Destabilise Russia and China (with the excuse that Georgia and Ukraine really want to be in the EU).
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-ukraine-icc-judges-is...
In the same way your brain thinks it's "benefiting" when that 3rd or 4th IPA starts to hit.
We've already gone far beyond the limits of sanity in Ukraine. There is no upside, lots of potential downside and the stench of hypocrisy follows everyone who contributed to the recent expeditions into Iraq and Afghanistan that look mighty similar to what Russia was doing but wasn't met with anything more than shrugs and harsh language. It is a profound mystery why only one of the 3 needs to be escalated like what has been done.
With which mr. West have you talked about it that he's been so clear?
As far as I know, "the West" is a collection of many countries, many decision/opinion makers. There's no singular motivation for supporting Ukraine, and there are many other, less cynical motivations than what you insinuate.
Nice joke.
> There's no singular motivation for supporting Ukraine, and there are many other, less cynical motivations than what you insinuate.
There is: Because the US said so.
This is simply naive, and completely out of touch with how the world actually works.
No such treaties existed for Iraq nor Afghanistan.
Sure, there are words saying "the Russian Federation [...] reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine [...] to respect the Independence and Sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine" but what if they don't? tough luck. No one promised help, there's no built in penalty mechanism, nothing.
(Also, I uploaded Volkov Commander to SIMTEL 31 years ago and the ignorant asshole running that site reported me to the university for pirating Norton Commander and they banned me from the university VAX leading me straight to Linux. Funny how that worked out.)