
Yet another so-called "frozen conflict"
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On March 17, it is possible that Crimea will have been swallowed into Russia's "sphere of influence" and the West will have to accept the new status quo. This comes after a referandum that saw Crimean vote in favour of leaving Ukraine and joining Russia. Pundits say theres a risk of Crimea becoming yet another so-called "frozen conflict" in the region, together with South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Transnistria, is very high. Could this have been prevented? And could the EU have done it? Privately, most European diplomats believe not, but were all possible paths really exhausted? Amanda Paual Political analyst ad Programme executive at European Policy Centre is online to help ponder this...

