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[tomorrowusa]

« It is clear what is required to end this war. Ukraine needs to be given the weapons to defend itself and in so doing to raise the costs for Putin so much so that he, or his successor, cannot go on. Anything else, notes the former US ambassador Dennis Jett, is just a strategy to appease a dictator. »

— Basil Gavalas & Greg Mills from a piece called "Four Years On – Ten Lessons from Russia’s War in Ukraine" at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

Despite the acronym, RUSI has nothing to do with Putin's Russia. It's a British think tank founded in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington which focuses on defense and security. The article makes a strong case on behalf of Ukraine.

This West has blown an opportunity to sideline Russia as a security threat for a generation.

Surprising that the US and Europe have not seen it in their interests to have Ukraine win and remove Russia as a conventional military threat for a long time. It would not have required a massive amount of military effort from the West since Ukraine was willing to do the fighting. Victory – defined as the expulsion of Russia from Ukrainian soil – would have allowed Europe to settle its security dilemmas for a generation or more. But the West has lacked the imagination to think of a Russian defeat, and consequently the politics to carry this out.

Russia may look huge on Mercator projection maps but has a GDP smaller than that of Italy. Outside of its biggest cities, Russia is a poor country. An astronomical percentage of the national budget maintains a large but incompetent military while a fifth of all rural households still lack indoor plumbing.

[theinconvenientlifestyle]

middleeasteye

Britain's leading defence and security think tank has said the country treats far-right attacks less seriously than Islamist violence, in a major intervention that contradicts the government's approach to counter-extremism policy.

The Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) argued in an article in the Guardian on Sunday that the recent far-right riots across Britain "have exposed troubling double standards in how society perceives and responds to far-right violence compared to Islamist extremism."

It said that far-right motivated violence is often categorised as "thuggery" or hooliganism, whereas "similar acts motivated by Islamist extremism" would likely be called "terrorism".

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has characterised the recent violent disorder as "far-right thuggery".

Rusi argued that the British leader's response "downplays the organised networked, and ideological components of the riots".

The think tank called Starmer's reaction an "inconsistency" which hinders the political will to tackle far-right violence.

"It affects who is seen as responsible for leading the response," researchers wrote, "often leaving it to the police rather than other actors involved in counter-terrorism and preventing and countering violent extremism work."

Rusi's comments contradict the UK's current approach to counter-extremism, which was established by the previous Conservative government.

The government's review of the Prevent programme, published in February 2023, called for it to prioritise the threat from Islamist extremism over far-right extremism, arguing that confronting Islamist narratives should be a "principal component of Prevent activity".

[ruthdreemur]

R: Ok, solo espero llegar temprano al lugar, que ya van a cerrar

Rusi: pero .. quién nos va a llevar?, Digo, no creo que tengas dinero para un autobús y más para 3 personas, no dejaré a Yex sola

Yex: ?

R: ta bien... Solo queda una persona

*Minutos más tarde*

R: GRACIAS POR OFRECERTE!, PERO... TIENES LICENCIA?!

Azon: NUNCA EH TENIDO LICENCIA! >:D

Las 3: AAAAAAAAH!

Aquí la plantilla:

Créditos al creador de la plantilla

[calochortus]

brother&little sister by LastSpring Via Flickr: I like her eyes(*´艸`*)♡

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[violetdepravity]

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[danielarusi]

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