Foreign policy scholars who opposed the Iraq War said Wednesday they would oppose Ukraine’s membership in NATO, saying it could lead to war between the United States and Russia.
Dozens of foreign policy experts It is called At next week’s NATO summit in Washington, the academics are urging NATO allies not to jump the gun on Ukraine’s membership. If Ukraine joined the defense pact, they said, a future Russian attack on Ukraine would trigger NATO Article 5, which would require NATO allies to defend a member state under attack.
The letter explained:
If Ukraine joins NATO after the current war, the United States and its allies would be seen as committed to fighting Russian forces over Ukraine if Russia invades again. President Biden, reflecting a broad political consensus, has ruled out direct use of U.S. military force since Russia launched its full-scale invasion two years ago. As the administration recognizes, U.S. security and prosperity are not sufficiently implicated in the current war to justify direct U.S. military intervention. Indeed, Both President Biden and former President Trump have warned that the conflict could escalate into “World War III.” For the same reasons that America should not go to war with Russia over Ukraine today, We should not commit to a future war with Russia over Ukraine. [Emphasis added]
“The more NATO promises that Ukraine will join the alliance once the war is over, the greater Russia’s incentive to continue the war. The challenges posed by Russia can be met without Ukraine joining NATO,” the letter said.
The letter’s lead authors are William Lugar, president of the American Institute of Economic Research, and Steven Wertheim, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Many of the same scholars Signed In a September 2002 letter urging the United States to avoid war with Iraq, Signed The letter warns NATO against an escalation of the long-running proxy war between the West and Russia.
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These include:
- Robert J. Art of Brandeis University
- Stephen M. Walt of the Harvard Kennedy School
- John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago
- Michael C. Desch of the University of Notre Dame
- Barry Posen of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
“As scholars of international security issues, we recognize that war is sometimes necessary to defend national security or other vital interests. We also recognize that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and that Iraq has repeatedly defied UN resolutions,” the 2002 letter said. read“But military force should only be used when it advances U.S. national interests. The war with Iraq does not meet this standard.”
