Geo Political Risk

[mike2020]

It is a blatant excuse to put arms on Russia's boarder, typical US bullying. Russia, stop hitting yourself in the face. As per usual the US don't really care about the actual outcome because it isn't on their doorstep, untill it is.

[causecelebre]

I don't know why the US simply says Ukraine will not become a NATO member and be done with it for another 10 years. Perhaps they see a war as the best answer to inflation. Can't they see that allocating capital to war is folly? $6.4T spent on wars since 2001 for what? Surely that money could have been better spent

[Balance]

I don't know why the US simply says Ukraine will not become a NATO member and be done with it for another 10 years. Perhaps they see a war as the best answer to inflation. Can't they see that allocating capital to war is folly? $6.4T spent on wars since 2001 for what? Surely that money could have been better spent

The $6.4T spent went back into the US economy in the main - because the weapons, war machines, bombs and bullets were manufactured in the US, generating economic activity. Likewise the salaries paid to the service personnel went back into the US economy.

The armaments industry in the US is huge huge business & that’s the way they like it over there.

No war or threats of war = little economic activity from the production of said armaments.

[Davexl]

The US with the ongoing effects of the Monroe doctrine - Bernie Sanders

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...ve-war-ukraine

[Davexl]

forget this doctrine, that doctrine wall paper the doctrine...

in the end it comes down to trade...

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/05/e...hnk/index.html

If only it could come down to trade...

"Šimonytė questioned whether Germany’s past faith in changing autocratic regimes through trade remained valid. “For a very long time there was a consensus that if you increase trade, cultural and people’s exchanges, then somehow there will be a change in standards of living, and perceptions will become more similar. In many cases that has happened – it happened in Lithuania – but it is not universal. Perhaps empires do not change.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ops-in-belarus

[Davexl]

Belarus - will they or won't they support Russia?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...g-step-ukraine

[Davexl]

For Biden, wreaking havoc on Russia’s economy is the least bad option

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blog...1O_H6gk19mDpF0

[Davexl]

Some background to the "Ukraine problem"

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wh...s%20a%20threat

[Davexl]

Putin's last opportunity?

The view from Kyiv

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/th...%20from%20Kyiv

[Davexl]

Kim Hill:

Andriy Dubchak: reporting from the frontlines of Ukraine

&
Prof David Marples: Russia has reached point of no return

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/progr...urday/20220212