A diplomacy expert has lambasted the transatlantic defence bloc for leaving Ukraine to fend for itself and warned that the entire episode could undermine confidence in the global rules-based order. “I thought it was morally repugnant for the west to encourage Ukraine to take on Russia without providing manpower or funding—along with the idea that 100-200,000 Ukrainians have to die by themselves without help. I think it’s ridiculous,” Joseph Siracusa, adjunct professor in international diplomacy at Curtin University, told The Epoch Times. “I think there’s something really wrong with NATO, which consists of 30 countries? To allow a near neighbour to go battle to battle with a Goliath,” he added. “They wouldn’t give Ukraine air defence systems because they thought, number one, they couldn’t handle it, and number two, it would fall into the wrong hands. So, the Russians control the sky and it’s just a matter of time before …