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Russia didn't disappear after the collapse. Germany was utterly defeated in the WW2, occupied by western allies and the soviet union and is demilitarized compar
by nec4b 3y ago
Russia didn't disappear after the collapse. Germany was utterly defeated in the WW2, occupied by western allies and the soviet union and is demilitarized compared to France. Americans still have military bases there. Its whole existence after WW2 was reshaped by the victors to not be a threat again.
- genman 3y agoGermany was defeated and was rebuilt and the tools to reshape the European political landscape from within was first ECSC and later European Union. Yes, US military presence works as some stabilizing mechanism but it wouldn't have been enough without European mutual political framework. EU leaders mistakenly thought that they can have the same success with Russia but they didn't take into account the fact that Russian new president had completely misaligned interests.