Winter is coming

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1. toss1Feb 2024
   BULLSHIT

   No treaty with Putin has ever been honored. He is attempting to rebuild the Russian Empire and "peace" agreements are merely used to get the opponents to stand down while Russia prepares aggression.

   Putin and his govt have said that they have rights to the Baltics, Poland, Germany and more. They have said that Ukraine should not, indeed DOES NOT exist. The very existence of the idea of a free, and especially prosperous Ukraine is seen by them as an existential threat. And they may be right, as it certainly makes Russians wonder how those awful Ukrainians can live so well, having toilets and all.

   Read Winter Is Coming by Garry Kasparov. He's a former world chess champion, former candidate for President of Russia, and deeply involved in global democracy. He knows more than you or I ever will.

   No one intends to destroy Russia as a nation. It is the autocracies of Russia, Iran, NK, China, etc. who see that international law and order threaten their criminal way of life, and are working hard to destroy democracy. If you are so big on Russia, go live there and report back after a year (if you aren't conscripted and killed in one of their 'meat assaults' on Ukraine.

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2. nickppSep 2023
   From Putin himself. His speeches in the last 20 years. He was quite upfront with his ambitions: restauration of the last Russian Empire, the Soviet Union.

   Eastern Europe and ex-USSR republics have been trying to warn the world for quite a while, it's the West who refused to listen.

   Read Kasparov's "Winter is Coming" book to understand more.

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3. matthewfelgateDec 2022

     Winter Is Coming by Garry Kasparov
   

   Gave me knowledge about modern Russia.

     Prisoners of Geography 
   

   Because it explains how physical geography affects the economic success of countries.

     The Accidental Superpower by Peter Zeihan 
   

   Because it has good opinion on geopolitics.

     Carl Sagan’s Contact
   

   Great book on theoretically communicating with aliens)

     The Art of the Long View by Peter Schwartz
   

   Because it have me advice on how to predict the future.

     China Coup by Roger Garside
   

   Because it is an interesting opinion on future problems China may have.
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4. tcmart14Mar 2022
   Yup. A lot of people are short sighted when they think Russian history begins with the October Revolution. As you show, it is a pattern of Russia that extends well before the October Revolution. I read Gary Kasparov's Winter is Coming and as he says, the best way to understand Putin is to understand Russian history in its entirety.
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5. netfortiusFeb 2022
   Garry Kasparov - Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped https://www.amazon.com/Winter-Coming-Vladimir-Enemies-Stopped-ebook/dp/B06XCCZJ7D
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6. toss1Sep 2018
   Actually, YES, to the extent that the foreign policy is supporting & maintaining institutions & policies necessary for continued open democratic societies.

   By virtue of the US' historically strong support for open democracies (albeit often flawed or failed), and historical accident, it essentially now falls to the US to attempt to maintain it around the world.

   To the extent that we have failed to maintain and support democratic institutions and traditions around the world, they are lost.

   To the extent that these free, open, democratic governments, institutions, and traditions are lost around the world, those remaining in free societies will find ourselves under threat of losing those societies.

   So, yes, if a company wants to enjoy the fruits of being able to grow and prosper in the greatest open society and largest economy on the planet at this time, it is not too much to ask it to avoid supporting adversaries who would undermine our society and economy at the first opportunity (and are actively doing so right now).

   [recommend reading Garry Kasparov's "Winter is Coming" & other titles -- Fmr World Chess Champion, Russian Presidential candidate, author -- he's been there, done that, and buried his friends doing so]

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