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How to Actually Enforce a Peace Deal in Ukraine - William Spaniel
The Washington Summit has brought a renewed spotlight on how the Western coalition might enforce a peace agreement after the War in Ukraine comes to an end. However, there are good strategies and bad strategies that one might implement. Today's video looks at the Article 5 solution that is commonly floated. We will see that Article 5 works not because of the words on the page as much as the barriers to entry into the alliance. The rest of the video examines better strategies that might actually change a peacekeeping country's behavior.
0:00 Renewed Talks of Peace Enforcement
1:41 The Budapest Memorandum
4:34 Ukraine's Inevitable NATO Membership
7:30 Problems with Article 5 as a Solution
16:39 Real Enforcement Solutions
21:27 Is Putin Afraid of Humans?