Could be that the number is just so low it doesn’t necessarily indicate a systematic issue yet. I’m sure a few have always been held because of inadequate documents or whatever.
Of course, we can all see the political shift, and it’s horrible for the people involved. I would have liked to see a more loud and bold response. But for an institution maybe it’s not that time yet, until they know what the accusations and proceedings are.
Time to give out travel warnings(?).
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Very good analysis and summarization.
French: “We can do both!”
Being thankful for past involvement is not mutually exclusive to being disappointed in the current lack of shared values. The US is a different thing now than it was back then.
I see what you mean
“and [as if] ignored non-western states altogether”
and ignored non-western states altogether
I haven’t watched the video yet, but I don’t think it’s true that Russia does not target non-western countries. (So much negation!)
While I’m not sure about the scale, I remember Russia being particularly active in Africa, including with their private military, and African countries falling for the criticism of EU or NATO military/peace-keeping support.
This includes** Belgium, Germany** and Sweden
In case you want to fix it; there’s a bolding-formatting issue on Belgium and Germany.
Putin supporting the divisive Trump here plays Trump’s narcissistic ego and strengthens his position as a disruptor of the western coalition and Ukraine, the other parties involved in the process.
Maybe it’s a good thing. Or maybe it’s a small thing that makes no difference. Putin left everything open. He didn’t restrict his maneuverability at all.
I considered calling it “maybe an important symbol”. But Putin always manipulates and plays with those. So calling it that would only play in his hands.