Major Obstacles to Peace in Ukraine
Professor Glenn Diesen on CGTN
I participated in a discussion panel on CGTN regarding the obstacles to peace in Ukraine. The Russians are winning the war and are in a position to dictate the terms for peace, yet the Russian demands are difficult to accept for NATO which has invested money, weapons and political capital into the proxy war. Russia demands restoring Ukraine’s neutrality, accepting territorial concessions, regime change in Kiev, and political/language/religious rights for minorities. What will Moscow insist on, and were is there room for compromise?
Before the EU concedes anything material in the peace negotiations they first have to concede that they have lost.
To date they've been doing a fanatical job of denying this reality even though there are undiscovered tribes of pygmies in the heart of the peruvian jungles who have known that Russia has won for over two years now.
It's not clear that the current EU regime is capable of conceding defeat. They're openly talking about banning political parties for democracy.
‘…difficult to accept for NATO which has invested money, weapons and political capital.’
NATO: ‘We want reimbursement for our malfeasance!’
Russian Federation: ‘And that is our problem because …?’