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    vimothy replied to the thread Dune.
    luka, have you ever bought capers where the neck of the jar is smaller than all of the spoons you own? literally the worst thing ever
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    vimothy replied to the thread Russia Surrounded.
    that's doubtless true as well
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    vimothy replied to the thread Dune.
    I feel like it's the same as with the tinker tailor mess where unless you actually know the story it makes no sense
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    vimothy replied to the thread Russia Surrounded.
    this question doesnt have anything to do with putin, necessarily - purely in geopolitical terms, what are russia's interests? obviously...
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    vimothy replied to the thread Russia Surrounded.
    we already know what those limits are, it's not a question of will at this point
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    vimothy replied to the thread Russia Surrounded.
    ok, but you must also recognise that its not simply a matter of will, capability is also a factor
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    vimothy replied to the thread Russia Surrounded.
    it's also worth adding that Putin's presence doesnt change the geopolitical reality around the importance of the Crimea for russia or...
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    vimothy replied to the thread Russia Surrounded.
    there are a number of issues here. the first is that, ukraine as a country is really being constituted by this war, it doesnt exist...
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    vimothy replied to the thread Russia Surrounded.
    I'm not sure whether you're reading that comment correctly. you think europe can supply ukraine on it's own, without the us?
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    vimothy replied to the thread Russia Surrounded.
    one issue wrt russian geopolitical power is its energy surplus - in terms of natural gas, oil and nuclear russia is and always will be...
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    vimothy replied to the thread Russia Surrounded.
    and that tells a tale about europe's potential to be a hegemon in the multipolar order
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    vimothy replied to the thread Russia Surrounded.
    being objective, russia doesn't have the military capability to take ukraine, but neither does europe
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    vimothy replied to the thread Russia Surrounded.
    this article has some mind-boggling details when you consider that, one the one hand, obama maintained that ukraine wasn't a "core...
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    vimothy replied to the thread Russia Surrounded.
    making noises about how Ukraine isnt a "core interest", whilst training its military an orienting it against russia
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    vimothy replied to the thread Russia Surrounded.
    western policy towards Russia was clearly incoherent
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