3/ Predictably, other actors such as China and Russia now feel far more confident in their broader geostrategic positions, whether in Russia’s ability to reshape Europe’s security landscape or China’s growing dominance in the Pacific and occupation of Taiwan

9/ The story is far deeper and more detailed. Cited and quoted information from pre-war 2011 articles can be found here:

hvylya.net/analytics/ec...

www.zagorodna.com/uk/statti/ol...

argumentua.com/stati/aresto...

6/ Europe, in my view, should remain strong and become more assertive toward its adversaries. We have returned to a world where power is defined solely by those holding the biggest clubs. And if you don’t have big enough club - you will be someone’s breakfast

5/ I am not convinced the United States will navigate its political crisis without some form of violent outcome during the next presidential election, as one side has clear incentives not to relinquish power even if it loses, something that has already been attempted once.

I thought the video of Zelenskyy standing in front of the Kupiansk trolling Putin’s televised claims of “liberating“ the town sign today was a pretty good sales job! 🇺🇦 ✊