World aligns into two blocs over Russia’s Ukraine threat
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“War is peace.”
“Freedom is slavery.”
“Ignorance is strength.”
In 1949, George Orwell wrote a cautionary story of a huge nation with these declarations as its mottos. The novel was called “1984” and it was a somber warning of a possible future world dominated only by ruthless superpowers.
Somewhat surprisingly, the possibility of Russia invading Ukraine has pushed the world closer to a version of Orwell’s view of the future – China-Russia versus America-Europe.
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to reassert his country’s influence over neighboring nations, replacing the domination by the Soviet Union before it disintegrated in 1991, leaving Russia as its principal survivor. Ukraine, formerly a…
