> The hope was that economic integration would lead to less conflict, but the Russian invasion has proved that to be misguided. Precisely, it was misguided. T

> The hope was that economic integration would lead to less conflict, but the Russian invasion has proved that to be misguided. Precisely, it was misguided. This invasion did not, and will not, ever, benefit anyone. The decision of invasion was not based on a shared interest in peace and integration (!) but on an imperial domination vision. So you can't blame the rules most countries follow in autonomy, peace and development interests (economic integration, international order), because one particular country decided (violently) not to. The true enemy is this idea of local/regional exceptionalism, that justifies overreaching, that's growing (that Russia and China, among a few others, nurture carefully).