ASU Insight: Should we bury the Minsk Agreement?
Ambassador Kurt Volker, Executive Director of The McCain Institute for International Leadership, Mr. David Kramer, and Ambassador John Herbst.
June 22, 2016
Besieged by the Kremlin’s occupation of Crimea and ongoing aggression in the East, Ukraine is simultaneously weakened by a failure of the ruling elite to tackle corruption. Western leaders have also fallen short in providing vital military, diplomatic, or economic support. Practical anti-corruption measures have yet to be leveraged against Ukrainian figures, while sanctions against the kleptocratic Putin regime and its cronies remain tied to the flawed Minsk agreement.
Attacked by Putin, let down by their own leaders, and shortchanged by the West, the Ukrainian people have nevertheless continued to fight for a free, sovereign, and democratic future.
A debate with:
Mr. David Kramer
Senior Director for Human Rights and Democracy
The McCain Institute for International Leadership
Ambassador John Herbst
Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center
Atlantic Council
Moderated by:
Ambassador Kurt Volker
Executive Director
The McCain Institute for International Leadership