Professor Walt: the US and the EU made a mistake pushing Ukraine to Europe
The US and Ukraine contributed to the escalation of the fall in Ukraine, pushing it to Europe and NATO, and not taking into account the desire of Russia, says Harvard Professor Stephen Walt publication century
" The U.S. and the European Union in the 1st turn, contributed to the escalation of the fall, mainly because of non-recognition of the fact that their policies towards Ukraine threatens vital desires Russia, and that harsh reaction from the Russian side because of it was necessary to wait for, " he writes, adding that in the future the West did almost nothing to stop the crisis.
Walt also clarified that the overwhelming number of comments on the subject of Ukraine considers the innocent and wrong ".
according to the comments of Professor, instead, to try to understand Russia and its actions in the past five months, officials and experts from the West from the very beginning the main culprit fall considered " Russian aggression ".
according to him, to understand the motivation of Russia in this conflict is simple enough." no great power would not be indifferent to potential threats on the area of their immediate neighbors, the most when it has strong historical reasons to worry about certain areas, " continues Walt.
The Professor stressed that even If the US and the EU have deliberately provoked instability in Ukraine, their goals were too naive and brought more harm than good. If the crisis in this country will continue or worsen, will suffer the 1st of all, the Ukrainians, he said.
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