POLS170 Blog Group 0402

 1.) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09668136.2019.1684447 2.) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56720589 3.) https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-ukraine

 https://apnew s.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-russia-poland-vladimir-putin-f00872897f338dbedd857cd1d880e9d3 https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/22/world/russia-ukraine-biden-putin https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/russia-ukraine-conflict-live-updates-n1289558

https://www.nytimes.com/article/russia-ukraine-nato-europe.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56720589 https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-boris-johnson-business-europe-united-nations-security-council-dbf42c76b39f8f87e3204602b1d6af4f

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/22/is-russia-invading-ukraine-what-next https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ukraine-conflict-west-sanctions-russia-putin-orders-troops-rcna17131 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/22/ukraine-russia-crisis-five-key-questions-answered

 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/21/russia-to-recognise-ukraine-breakaway-region-kremlin-confirms https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/20/world/ukraine-russia-putin-biden https://time.com/6144109/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-viktor-medvedchuk/

  https://nationalinterest.org/feature/are-russia-and-america-headed-towards-disastrous-conflict-over-ukraine-200682 https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/18/europe/ukraine-russia-conflict-explainer-cmd-intl/index.html https://foreignpolicy.com/projects/russia-ukraine-crisis-live-updates/

     Thucydides, an Athenian historian and general recounts the expedition against the island of Melos. In his narrative, Thucydides includes details regarding the siege of Melos and the power dynamics that are still relevant to international law to this day. Before the battle, Athenian and Melian representatives met to consider the Athenian terms. In short, Athens wanted to rule over the island of Melos with little resistance and wished to do so in a non-conflictive fashion. However, this did not go as planned because there was no guarantee of the Melian people’s safety and instead chose to resist. Attempting to avoid the death of soldiers, and the loss of time and resources, Athens then issued an unconditional surrender decree, threatening the Melian people with death, destruction, and enslavement if they did not comply with the original non-combative terms. Relating this scenario to modern international law in regards to power classification and examples, it is obvious...