The Moral Maze: Ukraine: To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

President Putin insists that he has no intention of invading Ukraine. In amassing troops and weapons along the border, the Russians are merely protecting their national interests. Meanwhile NATO, the US-European military alliance, is busy reinforcing its eastern member states with ships and planes. Is there a moral imperative to protect a fledgling democracy that seems to be under threat? What, if anything, can or should Western nations do to support Ukraine? And what moral arguments does either side have to make this decision? With Global Governance Professor Mary Kaldor; Russia Expert Keir Giles; Newspaper Columnist Simon Jenkins and Kyiv University Political Scientist Taras Kuzio