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I wonder how the situation compares to South Korea, which has been quite economically successful despite being in low level conflict with NK with a constant ris
by some_random 2y ago
I wonder how the situation compares to South Korea, which has been quite economically successful despite being in low level conflict with NK with a constant risk of escalation. Compared to that I feel like Poland is in a much better situation but I really don't know details. Israel might be another good comparison too.
- _dark_matter_ 2y agoSee also: Taiwan!
- alephnerd 2y agoSouth Korea's development was largely driven by postwar Japan's FDI. Japan was SK's largest trade partner well into the 1990s, and most chaebols started off as JVs or tech transfers with Japanese keiretsus. Same thing in Taiwan. Germany was post-Warsaw Pact Poland's "Japan".
- red-iron-pine 2y agoPoland is in NATO and has oodles of allied countries right next door, from Finland to down to Turkey. They have strong reason to be weary, but they're also not solely dependent on aid from across a giant ocean like SK. Israel has won or at least didn't lose multiple wars against their neighbors over multiple decades, and has mostly solid peace deals with Egypt and the Saudis. Few middle eastern countries can throw military resources around like Russia or NK, too.