Here are the rules to this thread: Firstly, you have to answer the first 3 questions. Then your free to comment and discuss on the topic. PS: for each question you can choose up to two answers Additionally, for each answer if you could briefly answer the question: why?, this would make the whole thread more transparent to all. Question 1 Who is more dangerous to global peace, and thus a threat to all sovereigns and their citizens? (a threat in philosophy, policy and ambition) A: CHINA B: RUSSIA C: GERMANY D: USA E: ISIS (including other minor terrorist organizations) F: OTHER (state) Question 2 Which country is both greedy in its political (power) and economic (wealth) ambitions? (which country poses the biggest threat to the global political and economic structures?) A: CHINA B: RUSSIA C: USA D: GERMANY E: OTHER Last Question How do you believe the world should be structured? (In a changing world, with what structure would you be comfortable?) A: USA leading the way, fighting all non-allies who oppose the generalized western views (hybrid warfare: sanctioning, directly intervening or sponsoring 'moderate' opposition) meanwhile creating increasingly tense relationships under a more coercive global system, by forcing their will, beliefs, speculations (as a fact) to the rest of the world. B: CHINA dominating financially, economically and politically. This means China influencing western societies and institutions. How? A few examples: further increase its gold reserves, further build new trade links and partnerships, create world banks (AIIB, BRICS banks), operate world banks (in 2016 - one of first projects 'Silk Road' initative), ask USA for some of its money upfront making all the banks who borrowed systematically, systematically ask for the borrowed, creating a bubble, bubble transpiring to US and possibly EU. C: Or, do you want a structure, where each continent, country and region has its own sphere of power. This would mean primarily CHINA, USA, RUSSIA, GERMANY, BRAZIL, (IRAN-SAUDI ARABIA, ISRAEL?) acting as global players, and in their proximity weaker (economically, politically) countries act as their allies, adhering generally to all beliefs and policies, not forced beliefs and policies, but accepted at own will. This would create an arguably more balanced global structure, and would mean that all head countries respect each others beliefs and opinions. Ultimately though each sovereign decision is based primarily on "rationality and logic" - arguably just like Russia and Crimea. - separate discussion. D: Or, worst of all, through fake labeling and political correctness manifest an evil in the form of terror. Terror used to scare into protecting and arming, creating a highly militarized world with direct tensions between all major countries (China, USA, Germany(EU), Russia). This specific scenario though is less likely now as Russia has been arguably successful in its Syrian operations. But, still, even if terror is erased in the Middle-East, it will manifest somewhere else, somewhere where the non-allies can lose economically or politically (arguably Ukraine, and the threat to world security Russia) Thanks for reading thus far. I really hope regardless of where we are in the world we keep this thread as transparent and unbiased as possible, discussing truths, rationals and logic behind the changing structure of the world. There are hundreds more cases that affect this change daily, like the rise of fascism in Europe and the reason for that rise (2001-2015 wars and occupations in Middle-East) its a fact, the whole effort was a failure, because at the end of the day, on a purely human level there is alot of suffering, alot of pain and a lot of hate as people flee crying for their lives in a sinking ship. PS: not all those people are good... at least 1 person at least 1, it only takes 1 to topple structures...
1: Russia 2: Russia 3: I'd prefer the world to be dominated by western democracies as it is right now, and that they continue to uphold the international rules which they have set, and to to spread western values globally.
Obviously it is Russia. Historically they have been involved in more problems than anyone. America is too far away geopolitically to be relevant, China usually stays within their own sphere of influence and even though Germany can be problematic they are not consistently so. So Russia gets the win.
Mr Swedish Guy, I am interested why is it Russia you fear For the western world, is slowly imploding. Its not that Russia is good or any better, it's just the western capitalist philosophies have gone too far, and have grown too greedy, don't you think? Im not saying, to live in a socialist world, I am just saying maybe one country can't have it all?
Because Russia is reckless and aggressive and they're playing with dangerous nuclear fire. Experts have said that the current Russian defense and nuclear doctrine is more dangerous and unpredictable than even under the cold war. Russia is threatening countries, even neutral ones, and invading others and intervening elsewhere in a very unpredictable manner. They are escalating and starting conflicts. The justification from Putin is akin to that of Hitler and Mussolini, and Russia is probably motivated by some kind of revanchist and antagonistic nationalism. It's a country which is desperately trying to assert itself as a great power by challenging the dominant western alliance, but it has neither the military or economic means to do so. It get more and more isolated and only makes their own military and economical situation worse because of economic sanctions and a stronger NATO presence near Russia. That in turn makes Russia even more nervous and nervous countries do stupid things.
