Of course it is a lower level escalation, but Israel is showing that it is willing to raise the stakes if necessary, and this will make other leaders show restraint.
So far, the only entity that dared to hit Israel hard was Hamas on October 7, and many of their leaders are already dead. The...
By assasinating leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel is sending a strong message to Iran. It shows that Israel is willing to assasinate leaders if it has to, unlike other countries who are fearful to cross this line.
Netanyahu is power hungry, and for him losing power is the equivalent of...
The Iranian response will most likely be symbolic, just like last time. They don’t want to inflict any serious damage to Israel, because this is exactly what Netanyahu is looking for, as a reason to escalate.
Haniyeh’s killing shows just how potent Israel is compared to Iran, and Iranian...
But I doubt China can find enough support in Taiwan to be able to pull this off. Taiwan has broken away from China a much longer time ago than Ukraine from the Soviet Union, and the sea between them cuts ties much faster. In Ukraine’s Eastern parts that are close to Russia, there was still a lot...
Exactly.
Totally agree with you. Trying to land on Taiwan would be a disaster for China, and their chances of success would be close to zero.
And the deception games no longer work in the age of of live data from satellites. Any attempt at a landing would be easily discovered by US...
Very unrealistic. Nothing like this happened in Kyiv when Russia invaded, and there is no reason to believe that the authorities in Taiwan would lose control without the Chinese army landing on their shores.
Corruption is always a problem, but corruption is something that affects all countries and societies, at least to some extent. The problem is, when a country has too many poor people, corruption tends to be entrenched, because the resources are not enough for everyone, and those with power...
I know about your country‘s demographics, and the only way to stop the population from expanding is to convince people to have less children.
It is easy to put all the blame on corruption, but a high birth rate has consequences, and poverty is one of them. A family with many children has less...
I agree with you here, the Europeans have terrible policies regarding migration, and most of the blame for the migration problems lies with the host countries.
Policing the Mediterranean is complicated because of the current laws. Once a ship in distress is found, you need to bring those...
First of all, you should notice that the countries with high population growth are generally the poorest countries. Even in Africa, the wealthier countries have a normal birth rate (Seychelles, South Africa or Morocco), while the highest birth rates are in the poorest countries (Niger, Chad, DR...
I don’t deny the usefulness of fossil fuels when it comes to obtaining quick, stable and cheap energy. From a cost perspective, they are the best source of energy, but the excessive burning of fossil fuels at a global level will have negative consequences for the whole world in the long term...
The excessive birth rate and population growth. While all other regions of the world have a relatively stable population (some are still slowly growing, while some are even decreasing), Africa continues to grow its population at an unsustainable rate.
The reality is that the only big region that has reduced its emmissions in the last 30 years is Europe. Also, the EU has increased its renewable power generation at a very fast pace in the last two years, in order to replace the gas imported from Russia. The EU is the global leader when it comes...
Yes, you are right about that. Both countries made big progress in this regard in the last 20 years. Maybe they should do the same when it comes to coal-powered energy, and they will start to move to a more sustainable path going forward.
But the African problem remains and the global...
But you do realize that if every country on earth would reach the same industrialization level as the EU or the US, the global emissions would be through the roof? At this point in time, when there is enough knowledge about the effects of emmissions on the global climate, as well as alternative...
You are right that Europeans need to slow down in their decarbonization efforts, as they are totally in vain considering the actions of China and India. At this point, Europe is hurting itself by sacrificing its own prosperity for the benefit of the whole world, while China and India don’t care...
It is about the trends and the directions where each is going, which reflects the current policies (not the past).
Since 1990, the EU emmissions have decreased by 26%.
In the same period, China increased emmissions by 526%, India by 448% and Indonesia by 430% (while the US stayed flat).
So all...
As an independent country, you are free to pursue your own path. But from a European prspective, India is no better than China. You are adding coal capacity to your energy grid at an alarming rate, and you are saving Russia’s economy by purchasing their oil when they got sanctioned.
My problem...
One of the West’s biggest geopolitical mistakes right now is courting India in order to counter China. They are repeating the mistake of the US when it courted China to counter the Soviet Union. It seems Western leaders never learn from their mistakes.
India has proven over and over again that...
There is a huge misunderstanding when it comes to European politics as to what “hard right” or “extrreme right“ means. Because the mainstream media is left wing, they have promoted a left wing narative for decades, which in turn resulted in a move to the left of all political parties.
What used...
