Hmmm, But given Putin's reasons for invasion...
A, Denazification of Ukraine. Im sure the significance of the Ukrainian leader being Jewish is lost on Putin.
B, Ukraine is historically Russian.
C, Ukraine seek WMDs to threaten Russia.
How, is the information you provide pertinent? I understand the Donbas region and the seperatist war, but this is FAR FAR greater than that... It is clear, given Putin's grievances, neutrality in Ukraine would not have saved them...
Interesting argument of yours that. So a Jew can't
associate with neo-nazis, just like Israel can't possibly be an apartheid regime, or can they?
I don't know what you read from Putin's grievances, but I read it as a near perfect parallel to the Cuban missile crisis, with the shoe on the other foot. The difference is Zelensky is stupid enough to want to be a NATO poodle if not member despite no one else is prepared to shed a single drop of blood for Ukraine, so Putin will simply replace him and his government, without us having to risk seeing WW3.
Russia will cosy up to China, but in reality, have been for quite some time. The $100bn, 30 year gas deal was done before the invasion and i would expect more energy, defence/defence equipment and technology co-operation deals with the two countries going forwards in light of current events. I would not be surprised if we see a NATO style alliance being formed with Russia and China being the main signatories along with aligned "satellite" states moving forward. A true rival to NATO and a truly frightening prospect to world peace and the future of humanity...
I don't know, in recent decades the unipolar world you have so much faith in has not delivered world peace or a hopeful future for humanity, has it?
Before you say you would rather that than having a "rival" without thinking, do you have any objective data showing that Putin and Xi have been worse for their people and the world overall? Or do you see change as a frightening prospect only because you are lucky enough to be a son of the West (which is only circa 12% of world population by the way), so finding it difficult to relate yourself to the many millions who are not, and who have suffered terribly due to the numerous military adventures of "the West"?
Worse, in this unipolar world the liberal democracy we have been trying to convert other countries to is not even working at home. If we won't dream of allowing surgeons or engineers to practice without deep knowledge and proven experience, what credibility can a political system possibly have when its leaders could be a reality show host, a failed journalist or a comedian apparently famous for playing a fictional president on Ukranian TV? Should we be surprised that they all failed their countries and the world miserably?
And as if that is not bad enough, even if our elected leader was not a 100% certified nutjob, the overwhelming need to be popular in the liberal democratic system, rather than being right, meant the system will ensure he/she is a lame duck at best - just look at Biden, who has now lost control of the Senate, and is fighting a losing battle trying to avoid losing both houses in Autumn, by keeping the very Trump policies he cursed before he was elected.
Inevitably, our media whether left or right leaning have also drank the unipolar kool-aid like you might have, and is painting the world in black and white. This is again driven by a system that only rewards the popular, and what can be more popular than saying we are the good guys, or more unpopular than presenting uncomfortable truths? Scarily this demonisation of comparatively far more peaceful growing foreign powers (N.B. without massive colonisation and slavery), and absence of telling their reasons and scale of achievements is now practically universal in the Anglophone West - it is called malignant psychological projection in human psychology, which says bullies demonise and bully others because of their own feeling of insecurity. When you next catch our political leaders or press (or yourself) calling Putin or Xi belligerent, bellicose thugs, while feeling perfectly normal and entitled to encircle or sail the world's most advanced military assets around their borders/shores, I invite you to reflect on this.
Will a multipolar world be better? I believe so, for many reasons, but they are likely off topic here. What is a certainty, is that we are at that threshold, if not there already, especially in the eyes of the other 88%. The Western hegemony is actually just a 200 year aberration in many thousands - it is more than unwise and shortsighted, for the Anglophone West to not setting a good example, for the growing powers, of how to behave.
