What is not a reason for the ongoing crisis in ukraine? ukraine gave its nuclear weapons to western powers. russia's geopolitica
l ambitions and illegal presence in crimea create tension. economic civil war between european western ukraine and soviet eastern ukraine ukraine has regional and cultural divisions. ukraine is politically unstable?
<span>The economic civil war between eastern and western Ukraine is not a reason for the ongoing crisis, because said economic civil war doesn't really exist. Any economic conflicts existing are by and large between Ukraine and Russia, involving gas pipeline disputes. Meanwhile, the other choices all led to or built up to the current crisis. The surrender of nuclear weapons mandated by the Budapest memorandum led to the closer Ukraine-West ties that have Russia initiating its annexation to consolidate power and fulfill it's geopolitical ambitions, and the election and subsequent deposition of Viktor Yanukovych exacerbated the instability in the political environment, and furthered the divisions between the different regional and cultural areas, some of which have significant portions of Russian-sympathizing citizens.</span>
The Supreme Court, in a per curiam opinion, ruled that the Florida Supreme Court's decision, calling for a statewide recount, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This ruling was by a 7–2 vote, though per curiam opinions are usually issued only for unanimous votes.
The Monroe Doctrine was successful in keeping the United states out of European affairs because after it was issued there was a decrease in foreign conflict for nearly 100 years until WWI.
