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Austria’s Neutrality and My Ukraine Peace Agreement: Handshakes vs. Treaties
On International Flavor, Samuel Trapp explores how Austria’s 1955 neutrality deal connects to today’s war in Ukraine and the elusive search for peace. Drawing from Dmitry Medvedev’s warning to Austria, the show dissects Russia’s distrust of Western “assurances,” from NATO’s broken promises to the hollow Budapest Memorandum. Samuel lays out his own vision for a Ukraine peace agreement—anchored not in handshakes but in enforceable treaties—and tests whether the law can ever be stronger than tanks. A provocative 90-minute broadcast from Moscow, blending history, law, and realpolitik with an eye…
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