The Ukrainian Crisis Based off Other Countries Perspectives

In the past couple of years it has been a time of revolutions. First it was Egypt, and then there was Syria, and now Ukraine. The people are tired and want to stand up against their governments. Even though these movements have far deeper meanings to them, they are all basically the same. When times like these come around the world is in worry and distress. And these worries come down to safety of the world, power, and money. Even though many different countries such as Poland, Britain, and France have different concerns they also have similar concerns.

            One thing that Poland, Britain, and France all have in common is that they are worried about what Russia is going to do and how they’re going to handle Crimea. In the French article they talked about the Russian troops in Crimea. The articles stated, “Early reports said the truck had smashed down the gates of the base in an attempt to seize the key base at Crimean port city of Sevastopol” (www.france24.com). Obviously, this is not the main concern for just these three countries, but for basically the whole world. The Crimean referendum is declared illegal based off the Ukrainian constitution. Poland, Britain, and France’s main concern is how the U.S is going to handle this? Honestly no one knows; the U.S. seems to be planning as things progress, trying to end this as quickly, as safely, and as cost effectively as possible. There is a lot of talk about sanctions being put in place, but everyone’s on the lookout because of the possibility of there being a World War III starting with the two most powerful countries in the world.

            One thing that was very surprising in my finds from the three different countries is that not all of the countries are concerned on how this could affect them. The only country that’s concerned about how they will come out of this Ukrainian crisis is Poland, and for obvious reasons. Poland is right next to Ukraine. They are concerned about their energy system.      However, this wasn’t the highlight of Poland’s article. The polish article’s main concern was the possibility of upcoming occupations. The MEP and the deputy foreign minister stated, “We are in a situation where our maps will perhaps need to be redrawn marking territories under occupation” (www.thenews.pl). This showed me they’re not just concerned about the U.S. and Russia, the two power houses of the world, but that there could be a possible trend of less sovereignty in the world, which is extremely scary.

            These three countries are all concerned about what’s going to happen to Ukraine and what kind of precedent it will set in the future based off Russia’s act of trying to annex Crimea. They are also concerned about the United State’s involvement; however, who isn’t concerned about these two countries crossing paths. It could cause something very messy and expensive. None of these countries seemed to have different concerns at all because they all know that there is a slight possibility of a war. And all of these countries know that this is bad for them.