... borders, and cooperation for mutual benefit. In many ways, it offered a vision of ideal interstate relations. Who could object to such goals?
Yet these principles were not born in a vacuum. They were underpinned by a stable balance of power between the NATO and the Warsaw Pact. The Cold War, for all its dangers, provided a kind of structure. It was a continuation of the Second World War by other means – and its rules, however harsh, were understood and largely respected.
That system no longer exists....
... alleged evidence of “atrocities” of the Russian army.
Nato then prolonged the confrontation by supplying Kyiv with weapons. Nato members see this conflict as a good investment for their own security. What they mean is the lives of Ukrainian soldiers ... ... same time, Western countries have tried to present Moscow as the culprit for the breakdown of supply chains and the global food crisis, which, in fact, resulted from the erroneous financial and economic policies of the West during the pandemic and its illegal ...
... hardly ever any instances where both parties involved don't share at least a small portion of the responsibility for a crisis – and arguably that also applies to the case at hand – the United States and their allies are the ones who ... ... forcing of the opponent's hand.
The details of this decision reveal the degree of determination of the USA and the NATO. During a joint conference in Tallin with the defense ministers of the Baltic States a few days ago, U.S. Defense Secretary ...
