Comments by "Stephen Hill" (@stephenhill545) on "" video.

It didn't happen in the 90s. The west stepped in to stabilise the former USSR and was able to manage the nuclesr weapons issue.
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 @apurvd6177 It exists, because many countries, including China, rely on it for international trade.
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Not the goal, not the right century even. Europe has abandoned a colonial model, and instead focuses on intra-national co-operation and growing its own markets through free trade among its states. Russia is still pursuing colonial goals and clashing with the new systems.
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It depends on the security arrangements. Many other former soviet block or tsarist empire countries, now in the EU and NATO, are successful;, Finland, Estonia, Poland and Czechia stand out as modern success stories
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Enabling Ukraine to develop as a liberal democracy would be a victory. Losing some territory is not such a problem, as modern economies focus on services, and Ukraine has a vibrant high-tech sector. Finland lost 10% of its territory to the USSR., but the remaining 90% became a highly successful nation.
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 @user-yk5ed7ws1d pretty much every idea and invention of the past 500 years.
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 @Chaldon-hl6yk You mean gas, which was stopped last year when the contract ran out.
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