Writing for The Volokh Conspiracy, hosted by Reason magazine, George Mason University law professor Ilya Somin argues that the war in Ukraine amounts to a clash between liberal democracy and authoritarian nationalism and that these stakes must be taken into account when continuing to support Ukraine
The West’s decades-long effort to break Ukraine off from cooperation with Russia lies at the heart of the present conflict. After a violent coup in Kiev in 2014, Ukraine’s new authorities amended the country’s constitution to list NATO and European Union membership as strategic goals.