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By popular request, I'm going to start a thread to break down the NATO Charter. The charter is composed of just 14 articles and every day, I'll post a new TL;DR on a new article.
#NATOcharter
Here's the introduction to the #NATOcharter
ARTICLE 1
TL;DR = NATO members will act in accordance with the UN Charter to keep the peace and encourage security in the North Atlantic region.
#NATOcharter
ARTICLE 2
TL;DR = members to strengthen free institutions and eliminate/ reduce conflict in their economic policies. (Also known as the 'Canadian Clause' after πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Prime Minister Lester Pearson)
#NATOcharter
ARTICLE 3
TL;DR = members continue to invest in and develop their defenses (this is the basis of the 2% defense budget goal)
#NATOcharter

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May 15
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Little discussed aspect of this war - russian demographics are going to be negatively impacted for decades because of this debacle /2
Prior to this war, demographics for russia were already looking pretty gloomy. The population is projected to shrink to 121 million by 2050, down a staggering 27 million (18.2%) from its 1995 high of 141 million people. (Source: UN report) /3
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May 12
Profound 1987 article by former Chancellor of West Germany. A ruthless assessment of russia's political and imperial mindset. He gave 6 reasons why russia can never get along with the rest of the world. Might as well have been written today. Here's the TL;DR... Image
1. russian messianic mindset
russia has an inherently messianic view of its own role in the world. russia believes it is the center of Christianity and its true standard-bearer ever since the collapse of the Byzantine Empire (continued)
This messianic thinking manifests itself in a variety of ways, such as seeing themselves as the leaders of pan-Slavism and, in the 20th century, as leaders of the global world communist movement. Various movements but all with the same core view of themselves as better.
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May 11
Thread on how russia has exploited democracy and pushed its expansionist agenda for the past 2 decades with the help of many collaborators, allies and partisans. My thoughts on some of the different categories of people it uses to advance its imperial growth:
1. OVERT ALLIES
example = Xi Jinping, who recently promised "unending friendship" and in return got russia to delay its invasion until after the Chinese Winter/Propaganda Olympics.
quick sidenote - same thing happened in 2008 when russia invaded Georgia. China asked them to wait until the day after the Beijing Summer/Propaganda Olympics. (worth a separate thread)
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May 9
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From 5,000 combat troops in February to 40,000 in April
150 warships on active patrol
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May 3
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1. There is clearly a health issue here that he's dealing with. Unanimous agreement.
2. Very difficult to diagnose his condition from the video.
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