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What is the answer of Coal and Steel / EU based security framework regarding Russia

No offense, but first things first, it would help if you got your history right. The EU's predecessor, ECSC, was created in 1951. The EU proper cames some time after that. Not in 1992. The Treaty ...
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What is the answer of Coal and Steel / EU based security framework regarding Russia

Let's just say that hindsight is 20/20. The EU got the prize in 2012, before Russia annexed Crimea. Preventing wars through commerce and economic relations more generally isn't a 100% guarantee, just ...
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What is the answer of Coal and Steel / EU based security framework regarding Russia

Question: What is the answer of Coal and Steel / EU based security framework regarding Russia 1973 - First enlargement. In 1973, Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom become members of the EEC. ...
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Exit strategies for the Ukraine war

Question: Exit strategies for the Ukraine war Short Answer: For the West no exit strategy exists. It's victory and probable regime change or a greater war. Victory means all of Ukraine's lands ...
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Exit strategies for the Ukraine war

On September 22, 2023, more than a year into the war, the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman proposes a "dirty deal": "Russia gets to keep some or all of its ill gotten gains&...
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Why does Russia not declare war on Ukraine in order to incorporate their conscripts into the war?

Why does Russia not declare war on Ukraine in order to incorporate their conscripts into the war? Why do they not just declare war and send their conscripts to the war zone? The premise of your ...
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According to each of Russia and Ukraine, are Russia and Ukraine officially at war with each other?

Here's a discussion of the matter Why Declarations of War Matter (National Security Journal, Harvard Law School) https://harvardnsj.org/2016/08/30/why-declarations-of-war-matter/ My understanding of ...
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According to each of Russia and Ukraine, are Russia and Ukraine officially at war with each other?

Yes. In practice and under customary law, a declaration of war is not necessary for a state of war to exist. It suffices for one of the parties to make its intentions clear by actually commencing ...
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What are the practical differences between a "special military operation" and a war?

One theory is that it may affect some contractual obligations. Many contracts have clauses which remove one of the contract party's obligations 'in an event of a war.' Since Russia heavily relies on ...
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