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Putin: The Real Dice Man? - By Dr. John Bruni

8 Feb 2022

The more Rheinhart gives his life over to the dice roll, the more chaos ensues, and the more turbulent his life becomes - uncontrollably so. [...] What will they do? Will they mobilise their militaries in response to defend Ukraine? Will they commit to a harsh sanctions regime to punish Putin and his supporters if they give the order to invade Ukraine? Secondly, it tests the internal contradictions of the European Union (EU). [...] With the number one EU economy, Germany dependent on importing Russian oil and gas, like many other EU states, can turning up the heat militarily over Ukraine split the EU? If it does, will this ultimately destroy the EU? It is not an unreasonable question considering that the EU is still reeling from the departure of the United Kingdom, and Brussels, the EU capital, is far from considered the cap. [...] Moreover, while this support may fall short of turning Ukraine into a NATO member or giving the country strategic level weapons that could threaten the Russian heartland, the closer Zelensky pushes Ukraine westward, the more alarm bells will be ringing in Moscow to take decisive action. [...] As the northern winter ends, the ground in Ukraine will not favour the movement of heavy armour until the following northern summer.

Authors

John Bruni

Pages
5
Published in
Australia