| Author (Corporate) | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
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| Series Title | NATO Review |
| Series Details | 10.03.17 |
| Publication Date | 10/03/2017 |
| ISSN | 0255-3813 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
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Three years ago in March 2014, ‘little green men’ appeared in Crimea, a prelude to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea on 18 March 2014, and its so-called hybrid war in the Donbas. These developments are no longer a horrifying novelty but rather a wearisome and deceptively stable set of facts often overshadowed by others scarcely foreseen several years ago: ISIL/Daesh, refugee crises, the disunity of Europe, and the changing of the guard in the United States. During the same period, scepticism has deepened about the ability of Ukraine to reform itself. Nevertheless, far more than in 2014, the conditions are in place to secure an ultimate outcome to the conflict consistent with Ukrainian and Western interests. Such an outcome will elude us if we diminish the issues at stake, underestimate Ukraine's strengths and fail to grasp the constraints on Russian policy and action. |
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| Source Link | http://www.nato.int/docu/review/2017/Also-in-2017/ukraine-three-years-optimism-russia-military-war-poroshenko-stoltenberg-nato-secretary-general-crimea-annexation/EN/index.htm |
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| Subject Categories | Security and Defence |
| Countries / Regions | Europe, Russia, Ukraine |
