Tag: war
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If WW3 erupted, what does it mean for LGBTQI?
War does not only redraw borders. It reshapes priorities, values, and identities. When a global conflict erupts, states stop thinking in terms of rights and start thinking in terms of survival. Therefore, the question is not whether LGBTQI people will be affected. The real question is how deeply their position in society will shift when…
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Russia: “The US cannot cripple us”… Iran proves otherwise
Russian officials repeat a clear and confident claim. The United States cannot cripple Russia. They argue that Russia is too large, too armed, and too resilient for any external power to meaningfully degrade its ability to wage war. In their view, even a direct confrontation would not lead to paralysis. Russia would absorb the blow,…
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Presidents, conscience, and killing millions
History condemns figures such as Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, and Pol Pot because their regimes caused the deaths of millions. Their responsibility appears direct and brutal. They created systems of terror that openly destroyed human life on a massive scale. However, modern democratic leaders face a different but still troubling moral question. Presidents of powerful…
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Should Japan change its way and get militarized?
At first glance, the question sounds radical. Japan symbolizes pacifism, restraint, and postwar humility. However, this image hides a deeper historical and structural reality. Japan did not begin the twentieth century as a passive or backward country. On the contrary, it entered the Second World War as a fully modern, industrialized military power, fundamentally different…
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Russia not fighting against West alone
Russia repeatedly claims that it now fights alone against the West. This claim appears persuasive at first glance, especially when framed as a civilizational struggle. However, once history enters the discussion, the narrative starts to unravel. Again and again, Russia survived major conflicts not through isolation, but through alliances, indirect support, or favorable global conditions.…
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Should the US attack Venezuela?
The question sounds insane at first. Yet nothing about Venezuela feels normal now. The country collapsed. People starve. Hospitals resemble war zones. Millions flee by foot. And the world watches a disaster that did not appear from nothing. The US helped build the system that failed. It pressured Venezuela for decades. It weaponised the dollar,…
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Russia tortures POWs. India and China don’t care
Ukrainian prisoners freed from Russian camps describe cruelty that no country can ignore. Their accounts come from penal colonies deep inside Russia, especially one in Mordovia. The place does not function as a prison. It functions as a torture site. These men describe beatings, humiliation, electric shocks, and deliberate neglect. Their stories force a hard…
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Why humanity never learns from history
Every generation thinks it is smarter than the one before. It believes wars belong to the past, that humanity has finally matured, that reason will replace greed. But it never happens. The faces change, the flags change, yet the instincts stay. Power still corrupts. Greed still spreads. Vanity still drives the masses into chaos. People…
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How nationalism manipulates the human need for belonging
Nationalism is not patriotism. It is the hijacking of a primal instinct that once ensured survival. The human need to belong evolved in small tribes where loyalty meant life. Modern nationalism exploits that same emotional machinery, but for power, obedience, and war. It takes what was natural and turns it into a political weapon. The…
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict: How to retain objectivity
I do not cry at funerals (etc.) because I suffer from flattened emotions. I have no ancestral pain, no religious loyalty, no emotional trigger in this war. That does not mean I cannot choose a side. I can. And I do – slightly the Israeli one. But I do it rationally. I weigh risks, intentions,…