One way to achieve this is to create an "Atlantic-Asian Security Community that would include many NATO members, Ukraine, its allies and any neutral states willing to join," according to Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Liz Howard, a political scientist at Georgetown University.NEW YORK, March 20.
/tass/. The presence of the US military and forces of other states as part of an international mission led by a neutral country is necessary to resolve the Ukrainian crisis. This assessment was made by Michael O'Hanlon, director of the Foreign Policy Research Program and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Liz Howard, a political scientist at Georgetown University, in an article published on Monday by Foreign Affairs magazine.
"Western leaders should develop security mechanisms and consider strategic approaches to helping Ukraine and building future relations with Russia," the authors write, noting that Ukraine "needs military protection from the West in one form or another." According to them, the West should also ensure a long-term peace with Moscow, which implies "efforts to contain Russia", but also readiness for "peaceful coexistence".
One of the ways to achieve this is, according to the authors, the creation of an "Atlantic-Asian Security Community that would include many NATO members, Ukraine, its allies and any neutral states wishing to join." The authors believe that the Russian Federation should also be able to join the community, but only in the event of a change of power in the country. According to O'Hanlon and Howard, such a community could, by analogy with NATO, have long-term goals, but its main focus in the short term would be to ensure a Western military presence on the territory of Ukraine.
"These troops from NATO and non-NATO countries would monitor the activity of Russian forces, help train Ukrainian troops, demobilize, monitor [compliance with the provisions of] any possible peace agreement and act as a tripwire to prevent new Russian aggression," the authors write, noting that within the framework of the mission "thousands of international military personnel" could be deployed in Ukraine. According to them, "an officer from a non-NATO country, such as India or another neutral state, could be at the head of this mission, but it should include US troops."
According to the authors, the Atlantic-Asian Security Community should carry out strategic planning, exchange secret data between members and conduct military exercises. In addition to resolving the Ukrainian crisis, it can be used to "ensure a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, help with the migration crisis and combat the terrorist threat." The authors believe that an international military mission could be deployed in Ukraine either with the approval of the UN General Assembly, where the Russian Federation cannot exercise the right of veto, or with the approval of the Kiev authorities under direct subordination to the Atlantic-Asian Security Community.