Russia is seeing to it that they eventually decline so much as to be a non-significant power. In terms of GDP and population they are between Mexico and Brazil and are only going to decline. Their war against Ukraine is going to be one of the most destructive things to ever happen to Russia.

I’m not disputing anyone here or the experiences of the children suffering from this war but we would recognize this study isn’t a study. It is a marketing gimmick for a charity with a shady history which does very little actual charity. They want your donations to finance themselves.

North Korea uses Russia and China to balance each other out so to prevent becoming entirely the puppet of either.

For better context, here’s what was going on with the budget., including the opposition party stopping aid to Ukraine and fighting investments that would make South Korea less reliant on Chinese semiconductors.

He reminds me of the guy in the Godfather movies. He could have been a boring doctor living a quiet life but he let himself get sucked into the family business and it defined who he became.

Russia isn’t going to help them keep ISIS like groups away. This will end up with regeime change in Chad or Chad asking France or the US to man one or more military outposts in Chad.