Alliances

  • Military authorities form a basis of the modern era

    The UN, the EU, and even the UK have a strategic advantage in the world. It’s the benefit of being a military authority, a structure that is no one but involves more than the ‘someone’ of mistakes of yesteryear.

    The UK is not included in the UN’s list of reasons why, but the EU involves us in its reasoning. The UN is not to the scope or size of a target for the UK, but the EU is. The EU has a will of its own that the UN will not understand, but the world is known by the UN completely.

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    A graphic showing possible similarities and differences between the UN, EU, and the UK (Image/Credit: OpenAI ChatGPT).

    These are major lines in international politics that indicate the usefulness of binding ourselves together in some way to keep advantage off the agenda of known aggressors. While the enemy may or may not be a country, many help such unwieldy forces to have control over us.

    The investment of time in institutions has proved itself for benefactors over a long period. The World Wars cannot be ignored as precursors to a depth of will to catch hold of a promise of a better future. Many have tried and failed to break the world, while now we try to keep it whole.

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  • UK’s strange view of int. relationships

    In a poll by YouGov, it appears UK citizens have a strange view of friend and foe, or neighbour and stranger. In a list of 18 countries, there are surprising results as to who we think will come to our aid.

    In the top three are nations – Australia, New Zealand, and Canada respectively – that aren’t considered to have strong militaries. In the case of Canada, it’s considered a neutral state, anyhow.

    Thankfully, the US polls fourth in the list, and considering the assistance it provided during WW2, and thereafter, it makes sense. However, it’s odd that Sweden and Italy are in fifth and sixth place.

    Lastly, in seventh is Ireland, a nation historically the UK cannot consider an ally and has been seen as a foe, at times. This shows the UK is in a sorry state of affairs in its understanding of world alliances.