U.S. Backing Russia’s Takeover Of Crimea Could Imperil UN, World Order
The post U.S. Backing Russia’s Takeover Of Crimea Could Imperil UN, World Order appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Despite Vladimir Putin’s campaigns to restore the Russian Empire by invading his neighbors, the U.S. … More has proposed recognizing Russia’s takeover of the Ukrainian region of Crimea, in violation of the UN Charter (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images If the White House recognizes Russia’s annexation of the militarily occupied region of Crimea as part of a Ukraine peace deal, that would strike at a central pillar of the UN Charter and endanger the entire UN-protected world order, says a leading scholar at the Atlantic Council, one of Washington’s foremost internationalist think tanks. “Any U.S. recognition of Russia’s seizure of Crimea would represent a direct attack on the United Nations Charter,” says Peter Dickinson, an acclaimed scholar who oversees the Atlantic Council’s publication UkraineAlert – chronicles of the Ukraine war and the global powers contending to protect or destroy the embattled democracy. “In essence, the UN was set up after World War II to support a new world order that rejected the concept of changing borders by force,” Dickinson tells me across a sweeping interview. This ban on armed invasions was the supreme building block in the UN Charter, which was created in 1945 to prevent the rise of another Hitler and his blood-drenched wars of takeover and empire building. The UN Charter was crafted to prevent the rise of another Hitler and his wars of conquest and empire … More building (Photo by Sobotta/ullstein bild via Getty Images) ullstein bild via Getty Images The great powers that defeated Hitler’s storm troopers and co-drafted the UN Charter stated they aimed “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind.” “All Members shall refrain in their…
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Despite Vladimir Putin’s campaigns to restore the Russian Empire by invading his neighbors, the U.S. … More has proposed recognizing Russia’s takeover of the Ukrainian region of Crimea, in violation of the UN Charter (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images If the White House recognizes Russia’s annexation of the militarily occupied region of Crimea as part of a Ukraine peace deal, that would strike at a central pillar of the UN Charter and endanger the entire UN-protected world order, says a leading scholar at the Atlantic Council, one of Washington’s foremost internationalist think tanks. “Any U.S. recognition of Russia’s seizure of Crimea would represent a direct attack on the United Nations Charter,” says Peter Dickinson, an acclaimed scholar who oversees the Atlantic Council’s publication UkraineAlert – chronicles of the Ukraine war and the global powers contending to protect or destroy the embattled democracy. “In essence, the UN was set up after World War II to support a new world order that rejected the concept of changing borders by force,” Dickinson tells me across a sweeping interview. This ban on armed invasions was the supreme building block in the UN Charter, which was created in 1945 to prevent the rise of another Hitler and his blood-drenched wars of takeover and empire building. The UN Charter was crafted to prevent the rise of another Hitler and his wars of conquest and empire … More building (Photo by Sobotta/ullstein bild via Getty Images) ullstein bild via Getty Images The great powers that defeated Hitler’s storm troopers and co-drafted the UN Charter stated they aimed “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind.” “All Members shall refrain in their…
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