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Russia did the same thing a decade ago in Georgia and US didnt intervene. Followed by Crimea, which sparked uhhh sanctions. And a decade before that was when t
by vmception 5y ago
Russia did the same thing a decade ago in Georgia and US didnt intervene. Followed by Crimea, which sparked uhhh sanctions.
And a decade before that was when the soviet union fell apart.
What time period, exactly, are you referring to that correlates with US influence waning? Russia has always been on autopilot regardless of US influence, when you look back at it.
The answer doesnt rely on talking about other ways influence shifts or trying to convince everyone to be scared of a world without US soft power omg oh noes, its about what it has to do with Russia’s expansionist actions.
- ianai 5y agoUSSR fell apart in the 90s. 1992, iirc? I’d just remind the discussion that the US just pulled out of its wars. Also, war has a way of pushing past any debt discussions. Nowadays, people assume kinetic war is out precisely because of the threat of nuclear war and economic integration of economies. Russia is really assuming anything it does won’t trigger nuclear war nor cut off its ability for economic exchange. Same with China. Taken to a logical extreme, what Russia and China want to do in expanding their borders IS war, they just think there’s fuzziness about what triggers all out kinetics. But of course small steps of expansion are the mechanics of all out war. Edit-Further, the wide rise of nationalistic forces across the globe are signs of growing openness towards war. This path isn’t as unilaterally beneficial to Russia nor China as those parties believe. And if this were a game of risk, the opposing forces of China/Russia expansionism would be looking to unite the rest of the globe against it by whatever means at least undermine the threat of war or economic integration with R/C.