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The conflict between Azeris and Armenians causes a lot of tragic death and displacement on both sides with no sign of permanent resolution, but is not imminentl
by jacobolus 5y ago
The conflict between Azeris and Armenians causes a lot of tragic death and displacement on both sides with no sign of permanent resolution, but is not imminently threatening to cause a direct fight between two nuclear powers or spark off a Europe-wide war.
If e.g. Russia occupies Ukraine and Ukrainian insurgents are supplied or based from Poland and Russians fire across the border, or if Russia/Turkey fire on each-other when a Russian warship tries to pass through the Bosporus, or if Russian warplanes get shot down over Lithuania on their way between Belarus and Kaliningrad, or if Russia responds to economic sanctions with large-scale cyber attacks against the UK or France, (or, or, or...) we could quickly end up in a situation with two great nuclear powers actively firing at each-other.