Foreign policy scholars who opposed the Iraq war said Wednesday they oppose adding Ukraine to NATO, saying that it could put the United States at war with Russia.
Dozens of foreign policy experts called on NATO members to avoid advancing toward Ukrainian membership at the upcoming summit in Washington, DC, next week. The scholars said that if Ukraine was admitted to the defensive pact, Russia attacking Ukraine in the future would trigger NATO’s Article 5, which would call for NATO allies to defend the member attacked.
The letter explained:
If Ukraine were to join NATO after the current war, the United States and its Allies would be understood to be making a commitment to fight Russian forces over Ukraine, should Russia invade again. Reflecting a broad political consensus, President Biden has ruled out the direct use of U.S. military force since the start of Russia’s…
