By Abdulhakim Namadi,
The world has become a global village, no Nation will survive in isolation entirely to itself, each Nation must interact with each other to pursue its National interest. Such interactions led to the rise of international institutions and organizations. The United Nations Organization (UNO) was formed in 1945 aimed at the following:
1-Maintaining international peace and security, Preventing threat to peace, and punishing aggressors.
2-To develop friendship among Nations.
3-To help all Nations achieve their common goals, etc.
The UNO has 193 member countries, Thus it has four main organs, the general assembly; the international court of justice; the International criminal court; the United Nations Security Council.
The International community has witnessed several crises ranging from Syria down to Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Ethiopia Rohingya, etc.
The aforementioned crises had received the intervention of the International community to the level that draconian measures were taken that are beyond political statements to deter the conflict.
The typical example is that the United States has invaded Libya 10 years therefore the question here is who gave the US power of invading Libya? Is this not a violation of international law? If yes, why are they raising their voice to Russia today?
However, According to Article 2(4) of the UN charter: “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.” Thus, when the Libyan crisis broke out in 2011, the United States took part in the conflict, aiding anti-Gaddafi rebels against the Libyan army. Which led to the success of the anti-Gaddafi to overthrow the government. “When the so-called civilized world uses all its military power against the small country destroying what has been made by generations, I don’t know if that is good,” Putin said in 2011.
The relationship between Russia and Ukraine has been hostile since the 2014 revolution of dignity which toppled Ukraine’s elected President Viktor Yanukovych and his supporters because he failed to sign up the agreement with the European Union which has majority support in Ukraine’s parliament. Ukraine’s post-revolutionary government wished to commit the country to a future within the EU and NATO which is a clear threat to Russia, because of their pre-existing relationship as well.
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 International economic sanctions have been imposed against Russia. The sanctions were imposed by the United States, the European Union, International Organization, and many countries. The sanctions contributed to the collapse of the Russian ruble, although Russia responded against it.
Despite the sanctions imposed by the international community Russia keep on invading Ukraine, because the International community has not yet done the needful to stop the conflict.
Bye and large the International community should know that Ukraine joining NATO is a threat to Russia and Russia will never allow Ukraine to join NATO they will do whatever to protect their primary interest.
Finally, the reality is that it’s highly unlikely that Ukraine will become a member of NATO. My advice to the international community as a student of International Relations is that the only panacea to deter this conflict is for NATO to reject Ukraine from requesting to be its member, which is unlikely for NATO to spit out this statement.
Abdulmalik Studies At Northwest (Yusuf Maitama Sule) University, Department of History and international studies.
