POLS 3402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Atlantic Charter, Finlandization, Freedom House
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Normalization: ukraine is stabilized by u. s. democratic standards and the osce. The outcome of normalization would be a form of government that is suitable for us and. Finlandized: there was an agreement between the east and the west during the. Cold war that finland would not ally with either side. Ukraine should be treated the same way today. This would allow for freewill of the ukrainian people. There are decent odds that the us and russia would fight over ukraine. Escalation: civil war in the ukraine fueled by moscow. Cold peace: civil war is averted but there"s still instability. Crimea, but the us has not provided military weapons. This scenario is closests to the actual situation. The new status quo is that crimea is part of russia. International state system (according to bull): 2 or more countries interacting. It does not assume that there are international institutions or behaviors.