Crimea on Course to Join Russia?

• Crimea is to set up its “own” law enforcement and security services, according to Russia’s state-funded RIA Novosti, which also claims [in Russian], without noting any apparent contradiction, that the Crimean Supreme Council submitted a request to join Russia.

• One important observation that governments around the world will draw from how the Ukraine crisis is resolved is whether it is wise to give up nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees, as implies the joint US/UK/Ukraine statement about the Budapest Memorandum.