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Cynical power play lies behind the war in Ukraine
Beyond an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian troops, a negotiated settlement is needed which must include the abandonment of Nato membership for Ukraine, writes ANDREW MURRAY of Stop the War
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While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
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NO-ONE paid a lot of attention at the time — except perhaps in Moscow. Last autumn the governments of the United States and Ukraine signed an agreement on “deepening strategic defence co-operation.”
An explicitly anti-Russian treaty, it aimed at “the enhancement of US-Ukraine strategic defence and security co-operation and the advancement of shared priorities, deepening co-operation in areas such as Black Sea security, cyber defence, and intelligence sharing, and countering Russian aggression,” in the words of the official communique.
Yes, Nato was in there, repeating standard formulae that “the United States supports Ukraine’s right to decide its own future foreign policy course free from outside interference, including with respect to Ukraine’s aspirations to join Nato.”
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