{"id":16201,"date":"2022-03-04T19:46:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/?p=16201"},"modified":"2022-03-04T19:47:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:47:28","slug":"the-rules-of-post-cold-war-statecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wehle.ru\/wp\/?p=16201","title":{"rendered":"The rules of post-cold war statecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/mar\/02\/what-more-could-the-west-do-about-russias-invasion-of-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After war broke out last week, Ukraine\u2019s ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, called for the west to implement a no-fly zone over his country, arguing that \u201cpeople are dying as we speak\u201d, and the idea has captured the imagination of many as the bombing worsens.<\/p>\n<p>Creating airspace where Russian aircraft cannot fly would need to be enforced militarily, typically with surveillance, pre-emptive strikes and ultimately by downing banned aircraft. This would mean Nato forces engaging directly with Russian planes.<\/p>\n<p>Western leaders have repeatedly said it would not be possible for Nato to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine because, in the words of the UK defence secretary, <span style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">Ben Wallace<\/span>, it would \u201clead to a war against Russia across the whole of Europe\u201d as western jets would have to seize control of the skies.<\/p>\n<p>But Tobias Ellwood, the Conservative chair of the defence committee, complained that Wallace should have not ruled the idea out so publicly at least. \u201cThis shows we\u2019ve forgotten the rules of post-cold war statecraft by exhibiting weakness and failing to keep the enemy guessing \u2013 even if you\u2019ve privately ruled the option out,\u201d the MP said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian: After war broke out last week, Ukraine\u2019s ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, called for the west to implement a no-fly zone over his country, arguing that \u201cpeople are dying as we speak\u201d, and the idea has captured the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wehle.ru\/wp\/?p=16201\">Weiterlesen <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wehle.ru\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wehle.ru\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wehle.ru\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wehle.ru\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wehle.ru\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wehle.ru\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wehle.ru\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wehle.ru\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wehle.ru\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}