We are observers and not a direct party to this conflict (yet).
Two principles collide: "self-determination of the people" and
"preservation of territorial integrity".
Politicians on both sides are playing a chicken game that is not going
to end well.
I don't think Kosovo's statehood or a
Cavalry charges against tanks. Is this a legend or real?
Anyway, one of the most iconic and defeating acts of bravery is the
sinking of the interned imperial fleet at Scapa Flow. The first ship
that sunk was SMS Friedrich der Große, named after another ruler (whose
brother build memorials for
For me, the most intriguing takeaway from the war is that geopolitical
economic leverage exists, albeit in unexpected ways. It was not widely
understood how important Ukraine would be as an agrarian exporting
nation on the global market.
While geopolitics is useful for post-mortem analysis,
An interesting pattern - also in conspiracy theory type imagination - is
to imagine your own government as a capable, acting party that in a way
starts or controls developments. Basically one ensures that the
main narration is its capability to lead action, good or evil.
Here we have a ruthless
My point was an observed pattern of thought (that is *also* common for
conspiracy theories) where agency is claimed for the own camp (or the
close opponent, your government, your military ally etc.). One wants
them to be the bad guy or the good guy but it needs to be a main
character, a
