> This would have led to Russia having an even bigger economic interest in playing nice with EU, and would not have feared NATO at all, because it wouldn't have

> This would have led to Russia having an even bigger economic interest in playing nice with EU, and would not have feared NATO at all, because it wouldn't have included US. Ergo, no war in Ukraine. The Capitalist/free trade peace theory has not worked out well, compared to democratic peace theory. It failed wrt Ukraine where both Ukraine and multiple EU countries had significant trade with Russia but Russia still went to war despite knowing some of the economic damage it would cause. Also the invasion had nothing to do with NATO. Bricks isn't actually a thing Of course both US and EU have benefited from trade relations quite a lot and Trump's nonsense is nonsense