THE SOLUTION FOR DE-ESCALATION IN UKRAINE

Author: Dr. Anatol Lieven, Senior research fellow of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

One of the most menacing crisis is the armed standoff between the Ukrainian military and Russian-supported separatist forces in eastern Ukraine. However, Russia has not annexed Donetsk and Luhansk (the two Ukrainian provinces that make up the Donbas) or recognized their independence.