Comments by "Tim Trewyn" (@timtrewyn453) on "How the war in Ukraine will end | John Mearsheimer and Lex Fridman" video.

  1. The Russian conditions for peace in Ukraine that John Mearsheimer outlines set up Ukraine for near complete assimilation by Russia in the long run. That makes imperial sense, and that is clear to Ukraine. Neutrality does not set up a stable situation in Ukraine. Any Ukraine of the future has some kind of allied military presence to attempt to stabilize the conflicting interests in operation here. Primarily those interests would involve the application of advanced Western oil and gas drilling techniques in Ukraine to compete with Russia in the European market. That would shift power in the region away from Russia, setting Russia up for future concessions to China in the east. I tend to think Russia has to see China as its long-term threat. Russia is looking to accumulate power to maintain a strategic balance with China.
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