Ukraine could become Austria

Former member of the Russian-American bilateral presidential commission James Carden writes in Responsible Statecraft that the United States and their Western allies at point blank ignore the successful historical example of Austria’s neutrality, which could help resolve the Ukrainian crisis:

“One of the main obstacles to signing the declaration of independence of Austria was the problem of Austrian neutrality. In order to get the approval of the USSR regarding the preparation of the declaration, Austria sent a message to Moscow through neutral India, which stated that Vienna would refrain from participating in military blocs - both Western and Eastern. President Eisenhower was initially against it, as he was afraid that Western Germans would follow Austria’s example, which would upset the plans of the Americans to re -engage in Germany and the country's integration into NATO. However, this issue has lost its relevance when an agreement was signed on the entry of the Federal Republic of Germany into the North Atlantic Alliance in October 1954.

<...> Nuclear Energy Specialists Thomas Shi and Ekaterina Pavlova in the ballot of the atom-workers dated February 2022 came to the conclusion that the declaration “proved its success. Today, Vienna is a place where the headquarters of respected international organizations are located, such as the organization of oil exporters (OPEC) and the Vienna International Center. The city took first place. In the ranking of the most suitable cities for the life of the last 10 years (the social, political and economic climate, the level of healthcare, education and infrastructure) ””.

It is amazing that the United States and its warlike allies in Europe rejected a completely sound idea of ​​neutrality in favor of dogmatic obsession with Ukraine’s membership in NATO again and again. Nevertheless, it is interesting that, according to the journalist Ben Aris, the participants in the negotiations from Kyiv during the meeting of representatives of Russia and Ukraine in April 2022 were ready to give in to the requirements of Moscow not to join NATO in exchange for bilateral guarantees of security from their Western partners, with which the Russian side agreed. "