Representatives from a record 115 countries plus the European Union are slated to attend this year's peace memorial ceremony in the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6.
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Reflections - #ANZACDay #Gundagai 2024 - my grandson will be eligible to be drafted in 2028 and one day might appear on a monument like the one at the centre of ANZAC commemoration by the Gundagai community today. Why might I fret about that awful possibility? Well, Xi Jinping has made clear that #Taiwan must be subsumed under Chinese governance by 2027, has called on his military to be ready for war, and has recently removed ‘peaceful’ as the descriptor for the reunification he is insisting on by that year. And that is apart from the risk of war in the South China Sea as Xi attempts to establish Chinese hegemony by military means against the #Philippines, a friend of Australia. NATO now believes that Russia will be ready by 2028 to forcefully revise its European borders in pursuit of Vladimir Putin’s dream to re-establish previous imperial and Soviet boundaries. Finally, there is the fundamentalist regime in Iran with its eschatological mission to destroy Israel and establish hegemony for Twelver Shi’ism in the Middle East - and the likelihood that the Grand Ayatollah will have nuclear weapons in the next 2-3 years. Russia, China and Iran now collaborate in their efforts to challenge the global order. Russia’s action in #Ukraine in and of itself has revealed the impotence of the UN and the irrelevance of Chapter 6 of its Charter. Reflecting on war and the cost required to prevent it or ensure our armed forces are properly equipped and prepared should we fail, was for me a heavy burden this ANZAC Day. I honor those who have served and serve - lest I forget. I reflect on my responsibility to ensure Australians do our part to preserve what they defended and defend. And I think of what needs to be done to ensure my grandson is not needlessly added to a future memorial.
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Putin’s Revolution and War at a “Historical Crossroads” JULY 05, 2024 Stephen R. Covington Vladimir Putin seeks to dismantle the US-led transatlantic and global order so that Russia can exercise greater power regionally and internationally. His paths to attaining greater power are constructed on the strategy and tactics of continuous revolution against the Western system; the necessity of constant crises and tension with the West; and the acceptance of war as a means to accumulate more power outside Russia and maintain power inside it.
Putin’s Revolution and War at a “Historical Crossroads”
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Video- @VigilantFox Tucker Carlson’s 5 Key Takeaways from the Putin Interview: #1 - Putin is “very wounded” by the rejection of the West. • “That’s the whole point of NATO, I guess, is to contain Russia. And Putin is wounded by this.” #2 - “Russia is not an expansionist power.” • “You have to be an idiot to think that. Russia is too big already. It’s the biggest landmass in the world. They only have 150,000,000 people.” • They’ve Got more than enough natural resources. They’re swimming in natural resources. They don’t have enough people, in their view. So, the idea that they want to take over Poland, why would you want to do that? They just want secure borders.” #3 - Putin likely wants peace in Ukraine • “He was willing to admit that he wants a peace deal in Ukraine and sort of give it away and just say that out loud. He said it a couple of different times. Again, maybe he’s lying in ways I didn’t perceive, but he kept saying it, and I don’t know why he would say it if he didn’t mean it.” • “As a matter of fact, there is evidence, overwhelming, that there was a peace deal, or part of a peace deal with the beginning of peace talks, a settlement of some sort on the table a year and a half ago that the former prime minister of Great Britain, Boris Johnson, scuttled on behalf of the Biden administration and convinced Zelensky and the Ukrainian government not to enter into these talks. I mean, that’s kind of an established fact. The Israelis were there. They revealed this. That happened.” #4 - Demands for Russia to relinquish Crimea are insane. • “U.S. officials have said on the record and have said to me and are telling a bunch of people that part of the terms have to be Russia giving up Crimea!” • “Putin would go to war, nuclear war, if it came down to Crimea.” • “If you really think that a condition of peace is that Putin is going to give up Crimea, then you’re like a lunatic!” #5 - The U.S. has a poor track record with regime change. • “We are run by nutcases. The President and that poisonous moron Victoria Nuland. ‘Oh, we’re going to depose Putin.’ Well, then what happens?” • “What happened in Libya when we deposed and allowed, you know, Qaddafi to be murdered? What happened in Iraq when we brought Saddam to justice? Those countries fell apart, and they never been rebuilt again.” • “In Afghanistan, we took out the central government, and they came back. It’s still run by the Taliban. So, our track record of knocking out the leader, which is very easy to do, is spotty at best. Things don’t always get better. And to do that to Russia, the largest landmass in the world with the largest nuclear arsenal, you’re on drugs if you think that’s a good idea.” https://lnkd.in/gMJvrRVX
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Cold War's revived axis: Russia, China and North Korea - The New Indian Express This snapshot may once again underline a significant shift in global geopolitics. It marks the resuscitation of Cold War alliances, given the fact ... More Info. Cold War’s revived axis: Russia, China and North Korea https://lnkd.in/dYaC5jym #geopolitics#TheAsiaHawk
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Cold War's revived axis: Russia, China and North Korea - The New Indian Express This snapshot may once again underline a significant shift in global geopolitics. It marks the resuscitation of Cold War alliances, given the fact ... More Info. Cold War’s revived axis: Russia, China and North Korea https://lnkd.in/dYaC5jym #geopolitics#TheAsiaHawk
Cold War’s revived axis: Russia, China and North Korea
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The world was surprised by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 despite numerous warnings from the White House. Why did Putin start the war and why has it unfolded in previously unimaginable ways? Ukraine has resisted a superior military, the West has come together and Russia is becoming more and more isolated. Serhii Plokhy, a leading historian of Ukraine and the Cold War, offers a definitive account of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II. The current conflict started eight years prior to the all-out assault, on February 27, 2014, when Russian forces seized the Crimean parliament building, but its origins can be found even further back, in the post-Soviet tensions and imperial collapse of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Plokhy demonstrates that while this new Cold War was not inevitable, it was predictable by presenting a comprehensive historical backdrop, examining the ideas and cultures of Russia and Ukraine, as well as domestic and international politics. Ukraine, Plokhy argues, has remained central to Russia’s idea of itself even as Ukrainians have followed a radically different path. In a new international environment defined by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the disintegration of the post–Cold War international order, and a resurgence of populist nationalism, Ukraine is now more than ever the most volatile fault line between authoritarianism and democratic Europe. The Ukrainian-Russian War is the best example of present-minded history— a fascinating, illuminating tale. Panellists: Andrea Graziosi and Dr. Hope M. Harrison. #russiaukraine #warinukraine #serhiiplokhy #coldwar #ir #history #bookdiscussion #webinar #cgc
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Unavoidable Showdown: The Post-1945 USA vs. Soviet Union Rivalry The latest blog for dialogue box is something out of the box. Lucy Sk. of Durham University has delved into the "inevitability" aspect of The Cold War from various perspectives. The blog explores the concept of inevitability in international relations, emphasizing that declaring events as inevitable is an ideological stance. It contrasts the perspectives of realist scholars, who view state power as a key factor, with constructivists who focus on diplomacy, collaboration, and individual actions. While realists might see post-World War Two conflicts as a result of a power vacuum, constructivists highlight diplomatic efforts like the Tehran, Bretton Woods, Yalta, and Potsdam conferences as alternatives to conflict. The passage concludes by urging a nuanced understanding of inevitability within the broader ideological context. A must read for everyone who has interest in the subject. Just click on the image below to read the latest blog from The Dialogue Box!! Happy Reading :)
Unavoidable Showdown: USA vs. Soviet Union Rivalry
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