Why increasing support for Ukraine is critical to Australia’s security as a ‘middle power’

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 12:01:57 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/why-increasing-support-for-ukraine-is-critical-to-australias-security-as-a-middle-power-191947>

"Support for Ukraine is normally described in ideological or moral terms as a
duty to support democracies in the face of resurgent totalitarianism.

This is an important consideration. But since Russia’s declared annexation of
Ukraine’s sovereign land last week, there’s now a hard-headed security
rationale for supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia.

Russia’s brutal invasion and claimed annexation is a clear breach of an
international law rule that is critical to the security of smaller and middle
powers like Australia.

This security imperative requires more, not less, support for Ukraine for the
duration of this war."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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