id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt news-008010 Support international law in Russia-Ukraine crisis or risk losing the rules-based order, expert says | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame .html text/html 971 31 41 The Russia-Ukraine crisis began in earnest in 2014 when Russian troops took control of the Crimean peninsula, according to Mary Ellen O’Connell, the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and author of “The Crisis in Ukraine—2014.” O’Connell says Russia responded to legitimate concerns with major violations of international law in annexing Crimea and using force in Eastern Ukraine. Apparently, Russia cares enough about international law to possibly kill its own soldiers to create a self-defense justification.” cache/news-008010.html txt/news-008010.txt