By Invitation | Russia and Ukraine
The president of Kosovo warns against the appeasement of autocrats
Vjosa Osmani cautions that Serbia will learn from Russia’s aggression
THE APPEASEMENT of autocrats today only emboldens them tomorrow. Concessions to tyrants are never temporary, and they certainly never bring lasting peace.
The European continent is in crisis because Vladimir Putin has chipped away at Ukraine’s sovereignty to the extent that today he denies its territorial integrity and its right to exist. Russia’s president pursues a dangerous imperialist policy that permits one country to choose the fate of another simply because it has the military might.
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