Grant Voytovich-First Blog Post
Grant Voytovich First Blog Post I think that one of the most interesting things that we talked about in class was coercion in international relations. States are virtually in anarchy because nobody can tell the states what to do; they are making their own decisions constantly. As a result only the strongest will survive. The first thing that comes to mind whenever I think about international relations and anarchy is what is happening in Ukraine and Russia. Both of these countries were in the Soviet Union until it collapsed in 1991, and there have been a series of conflicts between the two since they separated. First, Kyiv has been trying to join NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) for the last couple of years to avoid conflicts with Russia and other countries. The continued violence in Ukraine and Russia could be the reason why Ukraine has been denied on multiple occasions. On Russia’s side, they have argued that Ukraine being in NATO is a ...