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    Kleine Staaten haben mehr Macht, als Trump und Putin denken


    Kleine Staaten haben mehr Macht, als Trump und Putin denken

    https://iai.tv/articles/small-states-have-more-power-than-trump-and-putin-think-auid-3521?_auid=2020

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    1. whoamisri on

      Submission statement: As our global peacekeeping structures waver and great powers gear up for conflict, it seems inevitable that smaller states will find themselves caught up as collateral damage. But political theorist Kristi Raik argues small states are more resilient than we give them credit for. From Ukraine to the Finland, she shows how times of rupture reveal small states not as victims, but as strategic actors capable of shaping their own survival and the new international order to come.

    2. Lecconhoff on

      Somewhat disingenuous to draw massive conclusions from two unique examples.

      1) Russia completely half-assed their initial invasion of Ukraine for a variety of political and military reasons that (even at the time) proved to be disastrous and Ukraine was always a heavily armed nation given they were invaded years prior and were actively preparing for the next.
      2) Iran is one of the most heavily armed nations in the world who, similar to Ukraine, was preparing for another attack given the devastating effects of the recent Israeli air campaign prior.

      More resilient or just recently attacked/invaded so they have actual preparations combined with rushed offensives?

      Venezuela, Cuba, and others who aren’t made for that aren’t so “resilient”, then? 

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