It seems that we are going into a time of proxy wars on steroids. All the small countries around Iran, Russia and China are going to be encouraged to follow in Ukraine’s footsteps. It’s very sad, really, to see all of these small countries take the Devil’s bargain and sacrifice all their children, culture and history to war lust.
If politics emerged as a consequence of Christian civilization, then it did not exist before Christian civilization arose. Is this what you are saying? If so, then may I ask what was it called prior to that when tyrants, sycophants, and would-be rulers jockeyed for positions of power?
Politics is the practice of manipulating others to get what you want at their expense. It has been present from the beginning, regardless of its name.
Multipolar framing often gets presented as a path toward sovereignty and civilizational autonomy.
But historically, increased geopolitical fragmentation has also expanded internal security states as rival blocs harden domestic control in anticipation of external competition.
Power diffusion internationally doesn’t automatically translate into liberty domestically.
The paths of Russian civilization and Western civilization could meet again if they recognise human dignity as the most important christian value that in no case can be subject to political power. Politics emerged as a consequence of christian civilization, to serve personal liberty to follow the truth and the common good.
Rubio’s speech was a strategic retreat tantamount to the “standing down” of ICE and Border agents in US cities. In every on the rise authoritarian regime there is a Marco Rubio to normalize, legitimize, obfuscate true goals. Don’t be fooled. Sen. John Kelly hasn’t been. Rubio or Kelly. Which do you trust?
Why is the United States trying to humiliate itself with subhuman and semi"tic"person figures like Rubio? No. I'm not belittling them. Becoming a "sick man" like the Ottoman State will turn into reality if the role is overplayed! Thanks...
To offer my two cents, I largely agree with the author and article about the shifts that have occurred, save one respect: it seems to me, on this side of the Atlantic, that the Trump administration and Russia had reached, across all the summits and visits, at least the outline of a deal that was acceptable to both of them.
But not however acceptable to Europe, and it seems that it was decided to abandon the deal rather than abandon Europe. Now it all seems up in the air to me what will happen. I would guess that it's up to Europe; that the United States is not going to put altogether much more effort into the war, just maintaining a sort of status quo level of assistance, waiting to see what Europe will do, while focusing mostly on our own hemisphere, thus making two things true at once: all the old Atlanticist structures remain while the United States does still put the majority of its attention on its own hemisphere
I believe that it is extremely tacky for a Commenter to post links to his own work on another person's site. However, I want to do that here. This is a look into the mind of Marco Rubio and those like him (of which there are a great many in the United States).
So, asking in advance for your indulgence, and apologizing for my tackiness, here it is:
It seems that we are going into a time of proxy wars on steroids. All the small countries around Iran, Russia and China are going to be encouraged to follow in Ukraine’s footsteps. It’s very sad, really, to see all of these small countries take the Devil’s bargain and sacrifice all their children, culture and history to war lust.
@Luca Falciasecca:
If politics emerged as a consequence of Christian civilization, then it did not exist before Christian civilization arose. Is this what you are saying? If so, then may I ask what was it called prior to that when tyrants, sycophants, and would-be rulers jockeyed for positions of power?
Politics is the practice of manipulating others to get what you want at their expense. It has been present from the beginning, regardless of its name.
Multipolar framing often gets presented as a path toward sovereignty and civilizational autonomy.
But historically, increased geopolitical fragmentation has also expanded internal security states as rival blocs harden domestic control in anticipation of external competition.
Power diffusion internationally doesn’t automatically translate into liberty domestically.
The paths of Russian civilization and Western civilization could meet again if they recognise human dignity as the most important christian value that in no case can be subject to political power. Politics emerged as a consequence of christian civilization, to serve personal liberty to follow the truth and the common good.
Rubio’s speech was a strategic retreat tantamount to the “standing down” of ICE and Border agents in US cities. In every on the rise authoritarian regime there is a Marco Rubio to normalize, legitimize, obfuscate true goals. Don’t be fooled. Sen. John Kelly hasn’t been. Rubio or Kelly. Which do you trust?
Why is the United States trying to humiliate itself with subhuman and semi"tic"person figures like Rubio? No. I'm not belittling them. Becoming a "sick man" like the Ottoman State will turn into reality if the role is overplayed! Thanks...
To offer my two cents, I largely agree with the author and article about the shifts that have occurred, save one respect: it seems to me, on this side of the Atlantic, that the Trump administration and Russia had reached, across all the summits and visits, at least the outline of a deal that was acceptable to both of them.
But not however acceptable to Europe, and it seems that it was decided to abandon the deal rather than abandon Europe. Now it all seems up in the air to me what will happen. I would guess that it's up to Europe; that the United States is not going to put altogether much more effort into the war, just maintaining a sort of status quo level of assistance, waiting to see what Europe will do, while focusing mostly on our own hemisphere, thus making two things true at once: all the old Atlanticist structures remain while the United States does still put the majority of its attention on its own hemisphere
I believe that it is extremely tacky for a Commenter to post links to his own work on another person's site. However, I want to do that here. This is a look into the mind of Marco Rubio and those like him (of which there are a great many in the United States).
So, asking in advance for your indulgence, and apologizing for my tackiness, here it is:
Marco Rubio and the Anti-constitutionalism and Intellectual & Moral Bankruptcy of Our Time. https://publiushuldah.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/marco-rubio-and-the-anti-constitutionalism-and-intellectual-moral-bankruptcy-of-our-time-3/
BRICS is gonna pound the living crap out of the West. Rubio and the Republicans brag on Reagan breaking the Soviet Union, Putin is returning the favor