Mai’a Cross

NATO membership and maintaining Ukrainian land are at the “core of Ukraine’s right to self-determination and sovereignty as a nation” and are unlikely to be concessions Zelensky is willing to make, Mai’a Cross, an international affairs professor at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.

Mai’a Cross, Director at the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures at Northeastern University, and Ann C Thresher, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University, join ABC News’ report.

“We may be at an inflection event,” said Mai’a Cross, a professor of international affairs and diplomacy at Northeastern University. “The nature of warfare has transformed.”

Mai’a Cross, director of the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures at Northeastern University in the US, said the Trump election will likely be very concerning for France and Germany as “key powers when it comes to European security and defence”.

The accession of Finland, which has a 1,340-kilometer (832-mile) border with Russia, has geographic and political importance for NATO, said Mai’a Cross, professor of political science at Northeastern University.

Mai’a Cross, politics professor at Northeastern University said that Zelensky’s image “as the heroic leader of Ukraine still remains in the U.S., despite his claims about the missile strike.”

“We are now at a critical juncture in which Ukrainians will have to decide whether to take Crimea back on the battlefield or be content with the victory against Russia they currently have,” said Mai’a Cross, politics professor at Northeastern University, Boston.