When I was in tenth grade taking a world history class, our teacher, Mr. Paulson, had us do a mock trial. My friend John McGuffy and I were prosecutors. Six other students were assigned to be the defendants (Germany, Serbia,Russia, France, England and Austria-Hungary) on trial for which one was most guilty in the start of WW1. The remainder of the class were the jury. We researched for two weeks then held the trial in week three. The jury found Serbia most guilty.
I disagree that NATO expansion caused the Ukraine war, which seem to be implied. As far back as 1997, in his book, The Foundations of Geopolitics: The Geopolitical Future of Russia, Alexandre Dugin, a sort of modern Rasputin to Putin's oligarchy called for the erasure of Ukraine. The book further recommends other changes to the political order which in essence would break up NATO. This in 1997 two years beforeany eastern European former soviet bloc nations joined NATO. Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland joined in 1999. Other eastern European nations didn't join until 2004- coincidentally with Russia invading Georgia that year. Frankly, it is obvious why former soviet bloc nations joined the EU and NATO given the state of Russia politically and economically.
You are absolutely spot on regarding Israel! Netanyahu has taken advantage of the US umbrella now since 1999. Interestingly, he too used the "from the river to the sea" in his writings as a younger man. His goal has always been ethnic cleansing on the West Bank and Gaza.
As someone who lived in China, albeit briefly, I agree too on your China statement - egional Pax Sino-Americana. We should treat the relationship as rivals, not adversaries.
When I was in tenth grade taking a world history class, our teacher, Mr. Paulson, had us do a mock trial. My friend John McGuffy and I were prosecutors. Six other students were assigned to be the defendants (Germany, Serbia,Russia, France, England and Austria-Hungary) on trial for which one was most guilty in the start of WW1. The remainder of the class were the jury. We researched for two weeks then held the trial in week three. The jury found Serbia most guilty.
I disagree that NATO expansion caused the Ukraine war, which seem to be implied. As far back as 1997, in his book, The Foundations of Geopolitics: The Geopolitical Future of Russia, Alexandre Dugin, a sort of modern Rasputin to Putin's oligarchy called for the erasure of Ukraine. The book further recommends other changes to the political order which in essence would break up NATO. This in 1997 two years beforeany eastern European former soviet bloc nations joined NATO. Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland joined in 1999. Other eastern European nations didn't join until 2004- coincidentally with Russia invading Georgia that year. Frankly, it is obvious why former soviet bloc nations joined the EU and NATO given the state of Russia politically and economically.
You are absolutely spot on regarding Israel! Netanyahu has taken advantage of the US umbrella now since 1999. Interestingly, he too used the "from the river to the sea" in his writings as a younger man. His goal has always been ethnic cleansing on the West Bank and Gaza.
As someone who lived in China, albeit briefly, I agree too on your China statement - egional Pax Sino-Americana. We should treat the relationship as rivals, not adversaries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics