WASHINGTON POST: A majority of Ukrainians support joining NATO. Does this matter?

Press/Media: Research

Period4 Feb 2022

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Media coverage

  • TitleA majority of Ukrainians support joining NATO. Does this matter?
    Media name/outletWashington Post
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date4/02/22
    DescriptionThe Biden administration sent additional U.S. troops to Eastern Europe this week, amid concerns that Russia — with more than 100,000 soldiers stationed along Ukraine’s border — is preparing to extend a possible invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. move comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that Moscow would be forced into conflict with NATO if the alliance extends membership to Ukraine.

    Since the 2000s, Ukrainian policymakers were well aware that if Ukrainians supported NATO membership at rates similar to those of their neighbors like Poland, Ukraine might have a clearer path to membership. Our team has followed Ukrainian public opinion in a series of 11 surveys over eight years (as part of the UCEPS, IBIF and MOBILISE projects, based in part at the University of Manchester). We present data from six of these surveys below.
    URLhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/04/majority-ukrainians-support-joining-nato-does-this-matter/
    PersonsOlga Onuch, Javier Perez Sandoval

Keywords

  • Ukraine
  • Russia
  • NATO
  • international politics