![]() For instance, when Georgia pondered joining NATO back in 2008, Russia undermined its efforts by supporting insurgent activities of the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, effectively annexing Georgian land into Russia. Consequently, his administration began to engage in actively dissuading or hindering these former Soviet republics from seeking ties with the west. However, Russian President Vladamir Putin views NATO expansion into former communist countries, in particular former republics of the Soviet Union, as existential threats to Russia’s survival. With the creation of many independent countries, each embarked on a journey of either seeking deeper ties with western countries under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or maintaining their existing relationship with the Kremlin. For many in the West, it was a triumph: the collapse of the communist bloc surely meant the end of history, right? Well… no. ![]() With the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation, along with 14 other countries, was formed. With this said, I’m going to do my best to factually present what has happened, and speculate on nuclear annihilation.Īlthough it might be appropriate to start with the most recent conflict, it would be best to go back to Russia’s incursions into other sovereign nations preceding the crisis. This is, suffice it to say, quite possibly the worst case scenario for not only Ukraine but the wider world. Unfortunately, we currently live in a situation where this exact sequence of events happened: Russia has invaded Ukraine in an unprovoked war, representing a major event that could spiral out of control very quickly. ![]() But if I were told that war was to come to Europe, that the stakes for an entire country’s existence were on the line, that the scale to which this is occurring were the largest since World War II, and that the aggressor country had a leader threatening nuclear annihilation, I would assume this was the product of alternate history. And yes, war does, unfortunately, still occur in the world, such as in Yemen, Syria, and elsewhere, all of which represents a serious human tragedy. Why would we have war? Surely, we have moved past such barbaric instincts and would instead resort to diplomacy to ensure that geopolitical interests could be met in a reasonable and rational way. If you had told me that war in Europe was happening three weeks ago, I would have shrugged my shoulders and scoffed.
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