A unified Europe is a huge barrier impeding both nationalism and wide-scale wars. Russia embraced nationalism first, it became the state's ideology during Putin's second term, the first extravagant military parade in new Russia happened in 2005, around that time the Russian presidency started promoting the nationalist philosopher Ivan Ilyin who was a Nazi sympathizer [1].
The US started on the nationalist path also during the second term of the current president. The push is now underway to get other European countries to join.
The attacks on the EU and encouragement of Russia pursue the same effect as the Munich Agreement of 1938 which opened the doors for the massive and massively-cruel WW2 in Europe. Who knows, we may even get a new Molotov-Ribbentrop, under the name of Ukrainian Peace Accord. The leaders of the major players in the new emerging conflict are remarkably similar to the old ones.
Thankfully the American people are still on the side of democracy and good vs evil etc.
general1465•2mo ago
Sorry it is behind paywall, can't read it, just assuming what may there.