How the Budapest Memorandum paved the way for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Except for Russia, Ukraine was the only other nuclear inheritor state that heavily debated whether to maintain or give up its nuclear weapons.

By Sara Z. Kutchesfahani
June 29, 2022
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Sara Z. Kutchesfahani

Sara Z. Kutchesfahani is the Director of the N Square DC Hub and the author of Global Nuclear Order and Politics and the Bomb: The Role of Experts in the Creation of Cooperative Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreements

 
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