@ned

#WarInUkraine #FediLaw #Legal
#USpol #GeoPol
#BudapestMemorandum

#SecurityAssurances are not #SecurityGuarantees, I assure you 😉

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...👉no, #ChuckHobbs, a quick research would have shown you that your claim that the document were legally binding is incorrect.👈

This mere, disproven assumption, is, alas, wishful thinking.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum

@ned

#WarInUkraine #FediLaw #Legal #USpol #GeoPol
#BudapestMemorandum

#SecurityAssurances are not #SecurityGuarantees, I assure you 😉

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#ChuckHobbs used to be a trial lawyer, not an expert in international law.

I wish it were different, but the legal dimension regarding the #BudapestMemorandum is the subject of scholarly disagreement. 👉It is NOT unquestionably legally binding. 👈I wish it were different:

"...it is not entirely clear whether the instrument is...