“There can be no pax russica. This is what would result from a surrender to the self-described peace lobby, a disparate grouping that never specifies just how many Ukrainian concessions would be possible and acceptable,” says Nicolas Tenzer, Chairman of the Center for Studies and Research on Political Decision (CERAP) and guest professor at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA, Sciences-Po).
As a German, I agree. When I was a child, I also wondered why no-one had taken care of North Korea yet. Then I learned about protector states.