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Open letter: President Biden, this is how you can uphold your legacy by supporting Ukraine

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The Kyiv Independent, September 27, 2024

Dear Mr President

As Ukrainian cities continue to be targeted by Russian army missiles and drones, bringing death and devastation to the civilian population, and as many Ukrainian soldiers continue to be exposed to the terrible gliding bombs dropped from Russian territory, we take the liberty of appealing to you.

We fully understand that, as President of the only country in the Western coalition able to provide a credible and persuasive response to any headlong rush by the Moscow regime, you have been careful since the beginning of the war to avoid any scenario that could lead to escalation.

In a few months’ time, it will be three years since the Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory unfolded on a large scale; it now seems clear to us that, for both military and political reasons, this worst-case scenario is no longer likely to bring any advantage whatsoever to the Moscow leadership. Quite the contrary. Lire la suite →

Requiem for Nagorno-Karabakh?

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The Lithuania Tribune, November 1, 2023

In her article on Nagorno-Karabakh, Nathalie Tocci, political scientist and director of the IAI 1, states that “there is no doubt that Nagorno-Karabakh lies within the officially recognised borders of Azerbaijan. Europe and the international community have never questioned this, and the war in Ukraine has underlined once again the importance of sovereignty and territorial integrity as pillars of international law. There is therefore no legally valid reason to oppose the reintegration of Karabakh into Azerbaijan” 2 Such statements are worthy of discussion. Lire la suite →

Notes:

  1. IAI, Istituto Affari Internazionali ↩
  2. Nathalie Tocci, “Nagorno-Karabakh’s tragedy has echoes of Europe’s dark past. But a remedy lies in Europe too”, The Guardian, 2 October 2023 ↩

Requiem per il Nagorno-Karabakh?

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Linkiesta, 31 Ottobre 2023

Nel suo articolo sul Nagorno-Karabakh, Nathalie Tocci, politologa e direttrice dello IAI 1, afferma che « non c’è dubbio che il Nagorno-Karabakh si trovi all’interno dei confini ufficialmente riconosciuti dell’Azerbaigian. L’Europa e la comunità internazionale non lo hanno mai messo in dubbio e la guerra in Ucraina ha sottolineato ancora una volta l’importanza della sovranità e dell’integrità territoriale come pilastri del diritto internazionale. Non c’è quindi alcun motivo giuridicamente valido per opporsi alla reintegrazione del Karabakh nell’Azerbaigian » 2.  Sono affermazioni che meritano di essere discusse. Lire la suite →

Notes:

  1. IAI, Istituto Affari Internazionali ↩
  2. Nathalie Tocci, “Nagorno-Karabakh’s tragedy has echoes of Europe’s dark past. But a remedy lies in Europe too”, The Guardian, 2 Ottobre 2023 ↩

Europe struggles to face a new reality

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Geopolitica, December 2022,  VoxEurop, December 29, 2022

Nine months after the start of the new Russian offensive in Ukraine, many citizens of old Europe still find it hard to grasp the full scope of the West’s involvement in Russia’s undeclared war on Ukraine. 1 Lire la suite →

Notes:

  1. This modus operandi is not new in Moscow. Already in 1939, on Stalin’s orders, the Russian army invaded Finland without a declaration of war. ↩

Europas blaue Stunde

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VoxEurop, 30 Dezember 2022

Neun Monate nach Beginn der neuen russischen Offensive in der Ukraine fällt es vielen Bürger*innen des alten Europas immer noch schwer, das Ausmaß und die Art der Beteiligung der westlichen Staaten an diesem unerklärten Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine zu verstehen 1. Lire la suite →

Notes:

  1. Dieser Modus Operandi ist in Moskau nicht neu. Bereits 1939 war die russische Armee auf Befehl Stalins in Finnland einmarschiert, ohne dem Land den Krieg erklärt zu haben. ↩