If your non-democratically installed government wants EU and Nato membership against the majority of citizens...that absolutely undermines Ukraine's national so

If your non-democratically installed government wants EU and Nato membership against the majority of citizens...that absolutely undermines Ukraine's national sovereignty. Here's what I mean by "too much to unpack": (1) If your non-democratically installed government Not true in regard to the events you are referring to (at least to a first-order approximation). Let's just say I could easily tell you why this take wrong if we had time, but because there's so much to unpack, we don't. All I can recommend is -- please check your assumptions, and do your own research. (2) If, hypothetically, a government (democratic, autocratic, or somewhere in between) makes a decision that goes against whatever the latest polls of the moment happen to say -- no, that does not mean it is "undermining the country's national sovereignty". That's just not what "sovereignty" means. If you don't fully understand this, you need to stop right now and look into what the term actually does mean. (3) At no point since 2010 has any government in Ukraine attempted to push for NATO membership against the tide of public opinion in Ukraine. This is a pure and simple fact, and I strongly recommend you roll up your sleeves, do the basic research and determine the valdity of what I just said, on your own, all by yourself. In particular, the years 2010 and 2014 will be very important in your analysis. (4) I'm pretty sure the situation is exactly the same with regard to EU membership, though it's not a matter I've looked into directly. However, the infinitely bigger matter of concern for you should be: if it's your belief that this is not the case, then why do you believe this? Is it something you've looked into directly -- or just something you think you might have heard somewhere? (5) Nevermind the author's credentials. Just consider the statement on its own terms. It literally doesn't matter at all who said it, or what their credentials are. Academics are people like anyone else, and it turns out many of them are just as susceptible to propaganda and muddled / ideology-perturbed thinking like anyone you will meet on the street. Some even way more so, in fact. Precisely because society has told them that they're so darn smart, and that people will just automatically believe whatever they say.