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I think that https://ceres.georgetown.edu/research/student-projects/geopolitical-weapon-or-commercial-venture-politics-and-economics-of-nord-stream-2/ https://c
by throwaway5752 5y ago
I think that https://ceres.georgetown.edu/research/student-projects/geopolitical-weapon-or-commercial-venture-politics-and-economics-of-nord-stream-2/ https://ceres.georgetown.edu/research/student-projects/geopo... is a fair assessment. I would add https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/dec/13/russia.germany https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/dec/13/russia.germany, also. It is plainly clear that the current Russian leadership is expansionist in nature, because they are killing thousands of people in a former satellite state to reestablish prior borders.
This is definitely a less than zero-sum environment. Russia would have been better off not invading Ukraine, along with Europe and the US. A peaceful and international law abiding Russia would be a stronger and richer Russia.
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- holoduke 5y agoThe US doesn't want to have a strong Europe Russia relationship. That's the whole reason behind this conflict. The US started to bribe everyone in Ukraine and even forced a coup in 2014. History of the US destabilising regions is very evident. They are good at it.
- throwaway5752 5y agoThat is a way of looking at it without nuance. Russia falsified the elections in the East in 2004 and tried to murder Yushchenko. They created a problem in western Ukraine by themselves, which precipitated the revolution in 2014. Since Russia is profoundly gifted at domestically blaming the west for their own problems, I can see how it would seem like the US forced a coup. Perhaps Russia shouldn't invade their neighbors. It seems to make their neighbors not like them.