U.s Russian Conflict Between Ukraine And Russia

The conflict and subsequent invasion of the Ukraine by Russia came as a surprise to many people in the world, including to the United States intelligence community. This surprise move by the Russian government caused many members of Congress to point the blame at the intelligence community for failing to accurately predict this move, thus limiting the United States and NATOs ability to respond in a timely manner. But was there really an intelligence failure or was this action something that was

Ukraine has been an independent state since 1991 and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the two nations continued to hold close ties. In the past two decades, there have been several significant events affecting the balance of power between the two nations. One of the events was in December 1994 when Ukraine agreed to give up its substantial nuclear arsenal at Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurance. The condition of this agreement being Russia and other signing countries would issue an assurance against threats or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine. Just a few year later Russia also signed the Charter for European Security, the action “reaffirmed the inherent right

Russia’s land grab in Crimea is possibly only the first of many. Pro-russian movements continue to spread in the countries surrounding Russia. With the current series of events happening in Crimea it could be possible that Russian influence could spread into these countries and covertly influencing pro-russian movements. With the recent events with Russia retaking Crimea there are many possibilities for what will happen next. Whether it could be a simple land grab or the beginnings of a new cold war or worse, all options are possible.

Russia has built a strong, but stagnating economy on several natural resources to include the refinery and export of natural gas and oil. According to the Jim Picht (2014) exportation of natural gas and oil to Eastern Europe account for 70 percent of Russia’s exports and 53 percent of the government’s revenue. Along with exporting oil to Eastern Europe, Russia also exports too many countries to include China and Belarus. Europe fueled majority by Russian supplied natural gas and oil, the dependency of Europe’s need for this natural resource is the reason Russia’s economy is so strong. In 2014, when Russia decided to invade the neighboring country of Ukraine has led Europe to begin searching for other suppliers of their natural resources. If Europe finds other countries to supply the natural resources

Commitment to international security has been a point of conflict between Russia and the U.S. Historically the U.S. has abided by an ideology of universalism, “by which all nations share a common interest in all the affairs of the world” whereas Russia, formerly the USSR, has abided by the sphere-of-influence view, “by which each great power would be assured by other great powers of predominance in its own area of special interest” (Origins, p.26). Therefore, it is imperative that U.S. leadership protects the sovereignty of

If you had a choice would you want to live in the Ukraine or the United States of America? They are both amazing places. I would want to live in the U.S. because the foreign policy is better, my personal rights are more effective, and the states and cities are better to live in.

The two countries, Russia and Ukraine, had different reactions towards the armed violence and impeachment of the Ukrainian president. Although the majority of the Ukrainians opposed Viktor’s decision to procrastinate the signing the EU-Ukraine integration agreement, all the ex-presidents accused for its interference with the affairs of Crimean. The former presidents of Ukraine, including Leonid Kravchuk and Leonid Kuchma described the present crisis as Russia’s political interventions designed to interfere with the internal affairs of Ukraine and its relationship with the European Union (Hanschke 1). The people of Crimea have not been seeking for secession from Ukraine, but their interest is to have extended autonomy and rights to govern the Crimean affairs with minimum involvement of the government of Ukraine. Russia, on the other hand, have dismissed the accusation and stated that it is pursuing the interest of the people of Crimea to join the Federation of Russia. Russia holds that the people of Crimea have the power to decide the future of their territory and Russia will be ready to respect their decision. Study shows that about 90

The Ukrainian revolution of 2014 and the Russian takeover of the Crimean Peninsula presented the US with what appeared to be unique political challenges. On closer inspection, the Ukrainian crisis is actually quite similar to the Cuban Missile Crisis, with the opponents in opposite positions. With these two crises in mind, the paper will discuss how the ability to understand one's enemies, gain public support, and effectively utilize nuclear weapons presents a significant challenge for the US to leverage its military power to accomplish its political objectives.

Modern Ukraine went through many periods of turmoil caused by the conflicts between Russia and surrounding countries, before establishing itself as a country in 1991. Ukraine, for a large part of its history, was divided into two territories: the Left-bank and Right-bank. Russia took control over the Left-bank in 1667, and the Right-bank controlled by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1654. Later, Austria took control over certain areas of Ukraine, dividing the lands after the Partitions of Poland between Russia, Prussia, and Austria.

For the past century it seems the world has been continually on the brink of global war, and on two occasions these global crises led to terrible world wars. The First World War, was called the Great War, because there had never been a war that was so terrifying, or encompassing. The Second World War, was worse in comparison, but both started from very small incidents that cascaded into enormous conflicts that engulfed most of the world’s countries. Today we can look to Russia and their actions in Eastern Europe as the next inclinations of a global war. Several aspects of Russia’s public and secret actions prove as evidence for the coming of the next Great World War. Recent attacks on places like Ukraine and Georgia are parallel to those of the past, such as Germany’s false flag actions in Gleiwitz, Germany which allowed Nazi’s to build German public opinion to justify the invasion of Poland. Even Russia’s foreign policy displays Vladimir Putin’s drive for Russia to regain its super power standing of the cold war, similar to Hitler’s desire to return Germany to greatness following its defeat and humiliation in the Great War. Analysis of Putin’s rise to power, even seems to be taken from Hitler’s plans to gain control of Germany before World War two. America and its Allies are even following the same missteps that allowed the first two world wars to cascade into global conflicts.

The crisis in Ukraine and Crimea’s recent accession to Russia are events that clearly highlight the underlying sources of conflict in global politics. While Russia sees its actions in Crimea as a “reunification” and the respect for the right of self-determination, the West views it as a threat to European security and a violation of territorial integrity. Crimea has been a debatable topic from the time it came under the control of the Russian Empire in 1783 during the reign of Catherine the Great. The justification then was similar to the reasoning being used by Vladimir Putin today. Catherine declared that she was protecting ethnic Russians in the region from the Ottoman Empire, much as Putin is claiming to protect Russians from Ukrainian

The conflict between the Ukraine and Russia is the Ukraine's most long-standing and deadly crisis; since its post-Soviet independence began as a protest against the government dropping plans to forge closer trade ties with the European Union. The conflict between Russia and the Ukraine stems from more than twenty years of weak governance, the government’s inability to promote a coherent executive branch policy, an economy dominated by oligarchs and rife with corruption, heavy reliance on Russia, and distinct differences between Ukraine's population from both Eastern and Western regions in terms of linguistics, religion and ethnicity (Lucas 2009).

The invasion of Ukraine caused the interest of non-state actors, key individuals, international governmental organizations,

The political climate in Ukraine favours EU membership, having, since the country’s independence, included a theme of ‘returning to Europe’, which was further enhanced by the Orange Revolution. After a time of political turmoil from 2005 to 2010, Ukraine has been recognised by the EU as having entered a period of political stability. The political spectrum in Ukraine seems to be converging in their approach to Europe, with only the minor Communist Party being opposed to further integration.

The political relations between Ukraine and Russia as the two independent subjects of international relations were established in 1991 after the eighth December of the same year signed the Belavezha agreement between Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, which marked the end of the existence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as " subject of international law and geopolitical reality "and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States. From that moment we can talk about the beginning of the existence of full political relations between Russia and Ukraine.