Now is not the time for a game of chicken with Russia

Having Ukraine join NATO, rather than remain a neutral sovereign state, is a publicly declared ‘red line’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, and NATO Secretary General Jen Stoltenberg met Dec. 16, reaffirming Ukraine’s invitation to join the organization. Flickr photograph courtesy of NATO

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

December 21, 2021

OTTAWA—On Dec. 16, there was a meeting in Brussels between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and senior officials at NATO headquarters. Zelensky was there to plead Ukraine’s case for NATO’s military support in advance of any Russian incursion into eastern Ukraine. In recent weeks, Ukrai...

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