HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@ned" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ned</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WarInUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarInUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BudapestMemorandum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BudapestMemorandum</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecurityAssurances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityAssurances</span></a> are not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecurityGuarantees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityGuarantees</span></a>, I assure you 😉</p><p>(2/n)</p><p>...devoid entirely of legal provisions. It refers to assurances, but 👉unlike guarantees, it does not impose a legal obligation of military assistance on its parties👈.[2][51]<br> </p><p>According to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StephenMacFarlane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMacFarlane</span></a>, a 👉professor of international relations, "It gives signatories justification if they take action, but it does not force anyone to act in Ukraine."[50]👈 </p><p>In...</p>