WWIII Return of the Ruskie
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You don't call martial law into effect if someone pinches a couple of your boats. They have a military they could engage to respond,or make the call to the usual suspects to come running. It's usually reserved for a full scale invasion. It's a power grab by the president prior to the election, will be interesting if europe or the americans tell him he can't run in the elections he's now dodged, when they eventually do happen.
good for rostelecom!
I discussed something similar with a mate not so long ago, based upon china's restrictions on the global Internet & Russia's use of it as a pseudo-weapon meaning they will be worried about it being used in the same manner against them.
A multi nation 'intra-net' is a logical step.
A multi nation 'intra-net' is a logical step.
At least wait until we’ve won the league.
That would be just fucking typical Liverpool.
First league title since 1989-90 denied by a global nuclear apocalypse
And they'll still say we're lucky.
They're DR testing which is sensible, to see how they respond to a potential threatened shutdown by the yanks. Most large providers have to do this at least once a year for customer assurance (most wing it), but to do it on a national scale is quite a project.
So then, what about this war? Any idea what's happening with The Ukraine @rurikbird ?
No one knows. Russia is rapidly building up troops along various points of Ukrainian border, but whether it’s some kind of intimidation tactic or preparation for an actual invasion will only be known after it happens (or doesn’t). For now the Ukrainian President is scrambling to reinforce alliances and solicit promises of help in case the worst comes to pass. Worrying times.
I think I'd take nuclear holocaust over the way shit seems to be going.
A lot of people don't know what's happened in Ukraine over the past few years. There was a Ukrainian fellow in my Greek class who had to leave his new house and job behind because of it. Worrying times indeed.
Hopefully the resulting world war is over before my son is old enough to be conscripted. I must renew his Irish passport...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59998988
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59998988
Not that time. I mean, they do have recent form for this, look at what happened to the Crimea.
Edit. I thought you were talking about another buildup of troops a few years ago.
I don't know about the camps.
Amassing troops near the Ukrainian border.
Crimea river.
I think this is a useful perspective – a "19-century" view centered around spheres of influence, compared to the "21st century" concept of a worldwide competition between democracy vs authoritarianism. I think a crucial detail here is that Mearsheimer overstates the importance and influence of so-called "fascist element" around the Ukraine Revolution – the truth is ultra right and neo-fascist movements have sprung up everywhere in Eastern Europe in recent years, from East Germany to Russia itself, and just because some of these people participated in a mass disturbances (never in leading roles BTW) should not colour the perception of the whole thing, which was overwhelmingly centered around emerging middle-class democratic aspirations and very understandable appeal to national dignity in the face of external aggression. The parliamentary elections both before and after the Revolution showed that the far right in Ukraine has actually one of the lowest % of popular support among its neighbours.
In the big picture, I think he's been proven right by many of the events that followed, but it would be wrong to discount the democracy vs authoritarianism perspective either, as in the 7 years since this lecture, Putin has stepped up support for authoritarian "mafia-state" regimes around the world, including in the Western Hemisphere (Venezuela), which flies in the face of the "regional spheres of influence" argument. NATO might have at some point overplayed its hand with its expansion (I can never understand why Turkey is still in NATO for example), but Russia is also not this innocent cuddly bear that's simply protecting its immediate vicinity and will leave everyone alone if the West stops "poking" them. To be fair, I don't think this is quite what he is saying, but now there are plenty of others who do and are handsomely rewarded and amplified for publicizing this convenient, but false perspective.
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