Topic: Ukraine Neutrality

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Dr. Boyle recounts the 1990 promise made by US Secretary of State James Baker to Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO would not move "one inch to the east." He identifies the violation of this pledge by subsequent administrations as the root cause of the current Ukraine crisis. Boyle suggests that a written guarantee of Ukrainian neutrality and a commitment that it will not join NATO is the only way to end the conflict peacefully.