Thank you, Professor Oberg! This is what it sounds like when someone actually understands realpolitik and hegemonic stability. Stability doesn’t come from wishful thinking!! It comes from strong powers asserting order. As you say, empires rise and fall, but the ones that last are the ones that recognize geopolitical realities and act accordingly. China gets it with the Belt and Road Initiative and its firm hand in Xinjiang and Tibet. Russia understands it too. Ukraine, Chechnya, South Ossetia, and Transnistria aren’t about aggression, they’re about strategic recalibration, just like NATO’s expansion was never really about defense. The lesson is clear!! Weaker nations that resist dominant powers only invite instability. The world doesn’t run on ideals. It runs on power, and the nations that embrace that reality are the ones shaping the future and building lasting peace.
Thank you, Professor Oberg! This is what it sounds like when someone actually understands realpolitik and hegemonic stability. Stability doesn’t come from wishful thinking!! It comes from strong powers asserting order. As you say, empires rise and fall, but the ones that last are the ones that recognize geopolitical realities and act accordingly. China gets it with the Belt and Road Initiative and its firm hand in Xinjiang and Tibet. Russia understands it too. Ukraine, Chechnya, South Ossetia, and Transnistria aren’t about aggression, they’re about strategic recalibration, just like NATO’s expansion was never really about defense. The lesson is clear!! Weaker nations that resist dominant powers only invite instability. The world doesn’t run on ideals. It runs on power, and the nations that embrace that reality are the ones shaping the future and building lasting peace.