Realpolitik is the term often used to describe an approach to politics that is based not on ideology or even high-minded ethical considerations, but rather on a pragmatic basis of what is the perceived national interest and how to secure those interests
"It is worth noting that, in the weeks right after Russia invaded Ukraine, Zelensky was willing to consider a peace plan with Russia."
Zelensky could have avoided the whole invasion by doing three simple things at any point before it started. 1) Renounce claims on Crimea; 2) Stop shelling ethic Russians in Donbas; and 3) Agree not to join NATO or allow NATO weapons to be based in Ukraine. But instead, he elected to keep poking the Bear.
"Is Putin about to have a realpolitik revelation and do whatever he must to bring hostilities to an end?"
You mean withdraw? I don't see that happening, especially since it's clear that Zelensky is not willing to negotiate in good faith.
Talk about "realpolitik." How can what's happening in Ukraine be called a war?
Putin's mindset needs to be changed or he needs to be dead.
All that has happened so far is merely tit for tat. What an embarrassment for the collective war departments of the "West!" Wars should be "won and done."
The only people who could be pleased with all that has gone on to date are those who manufacture things that go "pop."
The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances comprises three substantially identical political agreements signed at the OSCE conference in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994, to provide security assurances by its signatories relating to the accession of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The three memoranda were originally signed by three nuclear powers: the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States. China and France gave somewhat weaker individual assurances in separate documents.
The memoranda, signed in Patria Hall at the Budapest Convention Center with US Ambassador Donald M. Blinken amongst others in attendance, prohibited the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States from threatening or using military force or economic coercion against Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, "except in self-defence or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations." As a result of other agreements and the memorandum, between 1993 and 1996, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons.
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Antony John Blinken (born April 16, 1962) is an American government official and diplomat serving as the 71st United States secretary of state since January 26, 2021. Son of US Ambassador Donald M. Blinken named above.
"It is worth noting that, in the weeks right after Russia invaded Ukraine, Zelensky was willing to consider a peace plan with Russia."
Zelensky could have avoided the whole invasion by doing three simple things at any point before it started. 1) Renounce claims on Crimea; 2) Stop shelling ethic Russians in Donbas; and 3) Agree not to join NATO or allow NATO weapons to be based in Ukraine. But instead, he elected to keep poking the Bear.
"Is Putin about to have a realpolitik revelation and do whatever he must to bring hostilities to an end?"
You mean withdraw? I don't see that happening, especially since it's clear that Zelensky is not willing to negotiate in good faith.
Talk about "realpolitik." How can what's happening in Ukraine be called a war?
Putin's mindset needs to be changed or he needs to be dead.
All that has happened so far is merely tit for tat. What an embarrassment for the collective war departments of the "West!" Wars should be "won and done."
The only people who could be pleased with all that has gone on to date are those who manufacture things that go "pop."
Realpolitik indeed!
Win or give up now!
Budapest Memorandum
The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances comprises three substantially identical political agreements signed at the OSCE conference in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994, to provide security assurances by its signatories relating to the accession of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The three memoranda were originally signed by three nuclear powers: the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States. China and France gave somewhat weaker individual assurances in separate documents.
The memoranda, signed in Patria Hall at the Budapest Convention Center with US Ambassador Donald M. Blinken amongst others in attendance, prohibited the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States from threatening or using military force or economic coercion against Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, "except in self-defence or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations." As a result of other agreements and the memorandum, between 1993 and 1996, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons.
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Antony John Blinken (born April 16, 1962) is an American government official and diplomat serving as the 71st United States secretary of state since January 26, 2021. Son of US Ambassador Donald M. Blinken named above.
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