Unilateral is meaningless
Sane and sensible writers often conflate unilateralism with aggression, and conflate nationalism with aggression.

They presume that acting in accordance with "international law" is the same thing as peace.

There's no correlation at all.

Since 1946, USA has been the main aggressor in the world, and USA has also been the main multilateralist and the main globalist. Trump makes nationalist noises, but he acts just like previous presidents. He follows the orders of Saudi and Israel, uses Britain and France and others as accessory armies to destroy countries that displease Lord Bibi and Lord Adelson. That's the opposite of unilateral, the opposite of alone.

Gangsters and loners are opposites. USA is a gangster.

In 2000 Putin decided UNILATERALLY to run Russia defensively, not aggressively. This is a strong Russian tradition, starting with Nicholas. As USA's aggression toward Russia got more violent, Russia broke Graybill's Law and developed its own skills and resources. Again this is a tradition; Russia never offshored its skills and industries, so Putin didn't have to turn the culture and schools around. He just needed to mobilize and organize the existing tendency.

Initially Putin was going it alone. Soon other countries observed the difference. Countries that were tired of the USA mob protection racket quietly began dealing with Russia, developing their own skills and defenses after Russia's example.

Now we have two multilateral groupings. One is an aggressive murderous gang, destroying skills and cultures wherever it touches. The other is a defensive cluster, expanding skills and maintaining cultures.

As for "international law", it doesn't exist. There's no point in wasting thought and effort on the subject. USA built the UN to serve its own aggressive purposes. Sometimes UN rebels against USA control, sometimes it's a pure tool of USA. If you use UN Resolutions as your standard, you're lost.

The only thing that matters is aggression vs defense. If you're aggressing multi-ly, you're still aggressing. If you're aggressing uni-ly, you're still aggressing.

NATURAL LAW. NEVER ATTACK. ALWAYS DEFEND.

Labels: skill-estate, switchover

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