Am postat inițial acest text pe pagina cuiva, însă am zis să-l public și aici, fiind destul de clar explicat.
Now… lets begin with this: Geopolitics. Does anyone here know what it is? Raise your hand. Good boy!
Utah State University quotes from Colin Flint, Introduction to Geopolitics, 3rd edition. Pg 16; 36-39, and defines geopolitics as: “The struggle over the control of geographical entities with an international and global dimension, and the use of such geographical entities for political advantage.” It also says that “Geopolitics is a framework that we can use to understand the complex world around us. Global politics, or “getting what you want in the world” involves thinking and acting geographically. But what does that mean? Geopolitics explains how countries, businesses, terrorist groups, etc. try to reach their political goals by controlling geographic features of the world. We call these features geographical entities. Geographical entities are the places, regions, territories, scales, and networks that make up the world.”
Now that we’ve understood this concept, we are ready to talk about the Russian-Ukrainian-USA war and why Alex is so upset that Slovakia has a pro-Russian president (elected democratically).
Good. Since geopolitics talks about expansion of power, lets take a closer look at who actually expanded after WWII. Russian or Nato? Good, now we’re learning. If NATO expanded at the will of the countries in it, it is absolutely wonderful and it’s great. However, in a geopolitical situation, this also has some BOUNDARIES. What are those boundaries? Where do they start? Well, simply put, at the door of your enemy. You cannot, simply cannot come barking at your enemy’s face and not expect a slap. That’s boundaries. Russia wouldn’t give a shit about a country joining NATO as long as that country doesn’t pose a threat to its OWN NATIONAL SECURITY. Just like USA wouldn’t like Russian military bases at its frontier. It’s simple and you don’t need to be a genius to understand this. Putin has, for many many years, told NATO to stop expanding towards Russian. NATO didn’t listen to Russia and kept expanding. Putin, the madman that you call, didn’t act from the first shit that NATO pulled of, nor the second. But then, there comes a time and situation when this gets out of control. That’s what happened to Ukraine. Imagine Mexico becoming a great ally of Russia and Russian bringing troops and military bases in Mexico. Ok? Ok.
This is geopolitics. It’s not russian propaganda, it’s not american propaganda. It is something that describes the way that superpowers need to handle their business in order to avoid confrontation. When one of those superpowers, be it Russia or USA or China or whatever, goes beyond the limits and starts to threaten the national security of another superpower, tragedies like the one in Ukraine are happening.
