A long introduction in English by Diesen. This is a compilation from a Focus Group he headed - Putin takes notes.
Diesen's Final Q:Could Europe be considered part of the greater Eurasia, or at least come to a mutual agreement.
Putin comments on de-industrialization that is now going after secondary industries, and the surprise of colonal thinking from USA, and even Japan. Remembers Kohl, whom he met when he was a bilingual KGB agent and stood to translate a conversation between big leaders. Then he says that the agreements in BRICS do not seek domination, and mentions Xi's inspiration -One Belt One Road - to be seen as everyone's road, not just China's road. He also remembers de Gaulle: the security of one country does not come at the expense of that of another country. And then he returns to Kohl's vision of Greater Eurasia.
My comments: - Europe is like a peninsula off the massive continent (from Lisbon to Vladivostok), seeing as it geographically neighbors what is currently termed Eurasia. This idea was floated in Germany in the early nineties, after the wall came down and Germans had to integrate two systems of government, before the woke/make war/neocon insanity started. Diesen mentions bending the aim towards an anti-hegemonic movement instead of anti-Western, which is perceptive in my opinion.
Such overtures obviously make sense in logistics/trade terms. With proper trust-worthy border and trade agreements, and an investment in roads and railways, can improve millions of people's lives. The de-industrialization of Germany is setting certain people's hair on fire, and I expect to see developments in this space.
This talk is about establishing Peace, which was never addressed after the Berlin Wall came down.
Peace can have many benefits. Consider interstate highways through the U.S. You can travel from state to state unimpeded and can move your products from one to another. The EU tried to emulate the U.S. in that regard. But now, what about the rest of Asia? If we can get beyond the need for nuclear missiles maybe we can forge a world of nations without the overhang of Klaus Schwabs or Adolf Hitlers? No need for aggression, no need for geopolitical dominance. Just humans travelling and trading with one another.
Yes, Putin mentioned Kohl, deGaulle and Xi as examples of leaders focusing on building infrastructure and sensible relations with other nations. As you pointed out, the maintained roads from Europe kinda peter out, even as early as Hungary and Slovakia. (They used to be under USSR, behind the iron curtain, from European perspective). Roads are now sprouting from Central Asia towards the West, currently they head through Russia, and use the Caspian and Black Seas as watery breaks in the journey, also.
Ukraine was already acting as a Gas-and transport Hub, so the Belt-an-Road initiative marked Mariupol as a vital train-stop /access to Black Sea for the greater Eurasian transport map.
So, when certain yobs started dragging women into the old steel-factory and doing unspeakable things, as well as decorating their head-quarters with WW2 regalia and beating random Russians in the streets, A stop had to be brought to the whole un-rest thing.
A long introduction in English by Diesen. This is a compilation from a Focus Group he headed - Putin takes notes.
Diesen's Final Q:Could Europe be considered part of the greater Eurasia, or at least come to a mutual agreement.
Putin comments on de-industrialization that is now going after secondary industries, and the surprise of colonal thinking from USA, and even Japan. Remembers Kohl, whom he met when he was a bilingual KGB agent and stood to translate a conversation between big leaders. Then he says that the agreements in BRICS do not seek domination, and mentions Xi's inspiration -One Belt One Road - to be seen as everyone's road, not just China's road. He also remembers de Gaulle: the security of one country does not come at the expense of that of another country. And then he returns to Kohl's vision of Greater Eurasia.
My comments: - Europe is like a peninsula off the massive continent (from Lisbon to Vladivostok), seeing as it geographically neighbors what is currently termed Eurasia. This idea was floated in Germany in the early nineties, after the wall came down and Germans had to integrate two systems of government, before the woke/make war/neocon insanity started. Diesen mentions bending the aim towards an anti-hegemonic movement instead of anti-Western, which is perceptive in my opinion.
Such overtures obviously make sense in logistics/trade terms. With proper trust-worthy border and trade agreements, and an investment in roads and railways, can improve millions of people's lives. The de-industrialization of Germany is setting certain people's hair on fire, and I expect to see developments in this space.
This talk is about establishing Peace, which was never addressed after the Berlin Wall came down.
#Give-Peace-a-Chance
Peace can have many benefits. Consider interstate highways through the U.S. You can travel from state to state unimpeded and can move your products from one to another. The EU tried to emulate the U.S. in that regard. But now, what about the rest of Asia? If we can get beyond the need for nuclear missiles maybe we can forge a world of nations without the overhang of Klaus Schwabs or Adolf Hitlers? No need for aggression, no need for geopolitical dominance. Just humans travelling and trading with one another.
Yes, Putin mentioned Kohl, deGaulle and Xi as examples of leaders focusing on building infrastructure and sensible relations with other nations. As you pointed out, the maintained roads from Europe kinda peter out, even as early as Hungary and Slovakia. (They used to be under USSR, behind the iron curtain, from European perspective). Roads are now sprouting from Central Asia towards the West, currently they head through Russia, and use the Caspian and Black Seas as watery breaks in the journey, also.
Ukraine was already acting as a Gas-and transport Hub, so the Belt-an-Road initiative marked Mariupol as a vital train-stop /access to Black Sea for the greater Eurasian transport map.
So, when certain yobs started dragging women into the old steel-factory and doing unspeakable things, as well as decorating their head-quarters with WW2 regalia and beating random Russians in the streets, A stop had to be brought to the whole un-rest thing.
Anyway, Peace is coming.