China begins military exercises around Taiwan

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Ugh please nooooooooooooooooooo

Idk what to do anymore in this world

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42 minutes ago, Lamaris said:

I think there is a difference though.

Eastern Europe and parts of Asia are literally on the border with Russia.

It is still no justification for killing civilians, wars and oppression of the weak.

 

Unfortunately, we live in Orwell's 1984 where the three superpowers do what they want, while those in between have to suffer, choosing sides and putting their own needs aside.

There is no difference, because proximity doesn't justify lanching wars or trying to opress neighbouring countries.

If you believe otherwise (that Russia is entitled to rule over Eastern European nations because of proximity, you are no different than an American saying US should rule over world's nations because America is the 'World's central Island'). Saying countries should be allowed spheres of influence is an inherently and overtly imperialistic take.

Moreover, Russia is actively expanding its influence in Africa (where Russian paralimitary factions are active, exemple: Central African Republic), Latin America (Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela), and the Middle East (Syria). Russia already informally annexed Belarus and vassalised and placed Russian troops in all former Soviet republics except the NATO members of the Baltics. But this doesn't mean Russia's geopolitic ambitions are confined to only these places, in fact Russia sees the Middle East as a natural extension of its area of influence from which the US should be pushed out.

Russia's imperialism is formulated in such a way that it argues more than 1 country should have their own spheres of influence. For small or medium sized nations this is no different than the US being the sole global hegemon. It's the same imperialism dressed up in a different way. 

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@Lamaris And to further expand, if it wasn't for Russia agression, Russia could have actually been a center of gravity for many Eastern European countries, not by force, but by kinship. Countries like Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine and Belarus belong in pretty much same cultural space as Russia, and certainly they are closer with each other and with Russia than they are with America.

Yet many of them have the memory of Czarist and/or Soviet opression in mind - this is not Serbia's case as Serbia is far enough to not be annexed or invaded, but is the case for countries like Georgia and Ukraine.